This is a question more directed towards our comrades here outside the US. There’s something I’ve always noticed about American liberals (though plenty of conservatives and others are not immune). They seem to have this extreme confidence in their opinions about broader global affairs and what is happening in the world, despite them being incorrect or having only a superficial understanding of the situation. Obvious examples would be how they are sure Ukraine is winning and Putin is just an irrational comic book villain, how Kim Jong Un insists everyone gets the same haircut as him (or no one), believing anything Zenz says about Xinjiang, or really any story at all that involves the global south.
Is this just phenomenon of US American liberals? Or is it rampant across the global north? My interactions with fellow Americans in general on anything geopolitical makes feel like they have this truly unearned sense that they really know what’s going on, when all they do is listening to and ardently defend State Dept propaganda. But I have never really interacted with liberals outside the US so idk.
liberals are liberals for one of two reasons. because they don't really give a shit, or because they're stuck in the "understanding" phase of personal development wherein it's assumed that anyone who doesn't believe in liberal democracy or international financial economy simply doesn't understand the mythology well enough
Actually there's a third reason, and that's the really vile people, the true believers.
They often are at least aware of the criticism of capitalism and liberalism, but what we criticize, they see as the good thing.
"The west's wealth is based on imperializing Half the world? Okay, so let's keep doing it"
There's a 4th type too.
Not to obey orders but to give pride of place to one's own opinions. To demand special consideration from the organization but to reject its discipline. This is a fourth type.
Someone should make a list of all the types of liberalism so we can combat it
If we're doing this then I would also like to add the 5th liberal class, the "human golden retriever"