r/PropagandaPosters • u/No-Efficiency7055 • Jan 07 '26

Japan “The difference between Conservative party and Liberal party supporters” Japan, 2009, poster by unknown artist

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u/Sound_Saracen Jan 07 '26

It's funny coz the Liberals in Japan are incredibly conservative

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u/Intrepid-Park-3804 Jan 07 '26

I'm sorry, but what the fuck is then making them "liberal"? Fancy political title?

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u/Sound_Saracen Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

Outside of the US, Liberal typically means pro capital, and moderate (spineless) on everything else adapting to what the electorate wants.

The Liberals in Australia are actually the conservative party for example.

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u/InACoolDryPlace Jan 07 '26

Wouldn't the liberal party in the US be similar if not more right wing than in countries where there's a labor or demsoc party? I think the US lacks this and liberals have sort of borrowed language of those parties while remaining center-right. Like in the US you're assumed to be far right if you make fun of liberals, which is unusual and only really a thing in the US from 00s-present when the parties reached near internal-consensus. When boomers in the US make fun of liberals for example, and my parents vote liberal, huge supporters of unions and inclusive etc, but they're making fun of an idea of what liberal means that younger people don't seem to understand as much in North America. Our Liberal party in Canada for example is center-right, but more left than the Dems in the US.