American political dialog has muddied the waters as to what terms like liberal, progressive, and leftist mean. There are genuine and fundamental differences.
Leftists seek equality of outcome while liberals lean towards equality of opportunity. The left hews to structuralist explanations for problems, while liberals look at culture and individual choice. Leftists often believe in the blank slate and the noble savage, while liberals are more likely to have a tragic view of human nature. The left puts a higher value on security, liberals on freedom.
That means while liberals and the left may agree that a particular thing is a problem, they often have fundamental disagreements about the source of the problem, and the best solution.
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