Microblog Memes

Is it correct to say that neo-liberal is economically liberal but not socially liberal?

Yes that would be fair. Neoliberalism is about freeing capital.

Overall, this single term seems to have a different meaning depending on the political section so it's hard to understand on such an out of context statement, I wish people would use more precise periphrases.

There is a certain amount of historical ignorance involved in this, I once fell into this category. There is also people taking the root word liber in any context to lump everyone into one category as the US conservatives do and some on the left seem to do this as well.

I don't agree with people on the left or right besmirching or confusing classical liberalism or social liberalism with neoliberalism. All three are different. I fall far more in the camp of social liberalism which is similar to classical liberalism but with more emphasis on the social contract and the thought that governance should play a role in that social contract for its citizenry. My post above left out social liberalism for brevity as I find the two to be very similar.

I would advise never taking anyone on any social platforms definitions for just about anything. Even mine. There is dictionaries and encyclopedia's for just this purpose, words have definitions often with interesting histories. Below are some links that will give you a far better understanding of the differences and their histories.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_liberalism

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism