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What Americans call liberals is "right" in the rest of the world. Versus "far-right" which is what Americans call conservatives. When Americans talk about "far-left" the rest of the world reads "center" .. there's no such thing as real "far-left" in American politics.

Why does "liberal" mean something essentially unrelated to "liberal" in American politics? How did that come about?

Here’s one explanation:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/the-ori...

It seems that very few political meanings are accurate when it comes to US politics. The terms liberal and conservative have pretty much lost all their original meaning.

Liberal compared to the other party, which is far-right.

Because the original use referred to economic liberalism, whereas in the US the term has come to refer to social liberalism.

I never assumed democrats aren't conservative when it comes to social values.

Toxicity towards women taking control of their sexuality runs deep within our society.

Bingo.