> Netherlands never had a communist government, Rotterdam consistently elected its mayors from the ranks of liberal parties
Ba aware that to many conservative Americans, "liberal" is pretty much the same thing as "communist".
Ba aware that to many conservative Americans, "liberal" is pretty much the same thing as "communist".
In other parts of the world, you have more parties, which makes room for liberal parties that are in favor of both gay marriage and tax breaks for the rich.
"The meaning of "conservatism" in America has little in common with the way the word is used elsewhere. As Ribuffo (2011) notes, "what Americans now call conservatism much of the world calls liberalism or neoliberalism."[21]"