the difference between American liberalism and American leftism.

Question

the difference between American liberalism and American leftism.

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Answer 1

Liberalism is a subset of leftism, just like conservatism is a subset of rightism.

American liberalism is barely left of centrism and shares many centrist viewpoints. There are arguments that American liberalism shares a few rightist viewpoints, but I won’t comment on them here.

There’s no definition of American Leftism, because the political spectrum exists independently of nations.

Basically, your question is equivalent to asking the difference between oranges and citrus fruits. If Oranges=Liberalism and Limes=Conservatism, then Political Spectrum =Citrus and left/right=different taste groups.

Edit: a whole bunch of down votes, and nobody disputing. Typical partisans disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing.