Surprising amounts of people outside the west actually looked favorably on the western liberal model. Western support for Israel is making it impossible to do now though.

[–] Aquilae@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This escalation also finally radicalized some of my lib friends to be leftists lol. Even some of the libs are starting to develop common sense.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Turns out there is a limit to the kinds of atrocities that even liberals are willing to support.

[–] somename@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well, a lot of liberals in the west aren’t committed diehard supporters. They just grow and develop in the context of the society around them, and take a lot of the norms uncritically. But with the right pushes, things can change. As they slowly see the contradictions of the liberal society around them, sometimes people realize the lies.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Indeed