This isn't the case anymore -- Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel are considered liberals, but they take the leftist stance on nationalism/national sovereignty.
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On a straight-line modeling of political views, a "liberal" would include center-left while the term "leftist" connotes far-left.
On a straight-line modeling of political views, a "liberal" would include center-left while the term "leftist" connotes far-left.
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[[Conservative]] commentator Dennis Prager explains the difference with respect to nationalism as follows:
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[[Conservative]] commentator Dennis Prager explains the difference – or what used to be the difference – with respect to [[nationalism]] as follows:
{{cquote|Nationalism: Liberals deeply believed in the nation-state, whether their nation was the United States, Great Britain, or France.
{{cquote|Nationalism: Liberals deeply believed in the nation-state, whether their nation was the United States, Great Britain, or France.