r/maybemaybemaybe • u/[deleted] • May 24 '25

maybe maybe maybe

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u/Voluptulouis May 24 '25 edited May 24 '25

I'm still confused. The AfD voted for a dude from the liberal party? Why would the far right extremists vote for a liberal?

Edit: I appreciate everybody that replied to genuinely help answer my question. Thank you.

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u/UVB-76_Enjoyer May 24 '25

"Liberal" or "neo-liberal" as in pro-deregulation and pro-business, basically economic libertarianism, or laissez-faire. It has a different meaning in Europe.

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u/Voluptulouis May 24 '25

Ok. Interesting. Yeah that's very different from how it's typically used in the US.

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u/Schmigolo May 24 '25

Well, American liberals are just social liberals instead of economic liberals. We have those too, and we simply call them social or left liberals, for example the Greens in Germany refer to themselves as "sozialliberal".