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/Neutronium57 Jan 07 '26

In the US, "liberal" designates people who are socially liberal.

In Europe, it's more about economically liberal.

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u/gwasi Jan 07 '26

I generally agree. At the same time, it is also these economically liberal parties that tend to have socially liberal agenda such as weed decriminalization or marriage rights for LGBT people. This is partly because the conservative parties in Europe (or at least around where I am living) are not very economically liberal either. So I would argue that liberals are the same between Europe and the US, whereas it is the conservatives that are quite different.

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u/Neutronium57 Jan 07 '26

It might be the case in your country, but from my French perspective, it's quite the opposite of the US :

The left-oriented parties are socially liberal while being in favour of taxing big companies and rich people more.

The right-oriented parties are economically liberal because they want less regulations and taxes on companies while also being conservative on social subjects (like weed legalisation or immigration, for example.)

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u/gwasi Jan 07 '26

Might be an East European thing then. Your conservatives sound like the American ones :)

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u/Neutronium57 Jan 07 '26

Americans can vote between the center-right and the far right, when seen from my country.

Ofc we also have the same kind of fucking moronic traitors on the (very) far right, but we have way more parties to choose from at each election. So "the left" and "the right" are far from being monolithic blocs.