Could not have said it better. Lemmy is slowly turning into Reddit lately with dumb takes and the hive mind just upvotes.

Liberal democracy is, well, liberal democracy. It doesn’t just mean capitalism.

Yes, but read the last part of my comment. There are still some liberals today who would not be considered conservative. They still believe in liberal democracy, individual freedom and open to revolution if it comes to it, but they are skeptical of economic liberalism. So yes, context still matters, which transcends time and space.

Liberalism is pro- status quo

As people would say, context is king. So it depends. The OG liberals were anti-status quo and open to radical changes. But now since liberalism has become the status quo, liberals are now the conservatives and some prefer moderated approach, which unfortunately enables fascism. But even so, some liberals still believe in radical changes if push comes to shove.

It is good to be exposed to dirt to build the immune system; not by doing so on literal shit.

It’s merely the worm wanting to return to its ecosystem.

Okay, fair. But the way your previous comment make it sound like in broad sense liberals are conservatives, which is not really the case.

Huh? Maybe at this day and age, sure, but liberal means progressive at the time when its ideas were being formulated. They opposed feudalism and monarchies at the time, which are the conservatives at the time.

What is considered conservative today is considered liberal in the past. And what is considered liberal today is considered unthinkable in the past. It just that the Overton window shifted.