So, how do you guys define "liberal", "progressive", and "socialist"?

Please do not just copy paste definitions

liberal is closer to a centrist imo, they want no upheavle and are fine with the status quo

progressive and socialist and similar to eachother, they're both in favor of rights for marginalized classes, but I think socialists are more involved in economics

liberal is anything to left of center but when directly contrasting to those other terms, it describes JUST left of center

progressive is further left and calls on reforms beyond incremental

socialist is an actual tenable political position and not just an alignment on left-right

a socialist is a progressive, a progressive might not necessarily be a socialist

socialist refers to a specific set of economic and political beliefs
progressive is a general catch-all for people interested in making real social change but otherwise to me is poorly defined and kind of buzzwordy

liberal is technically anything left of center but as emily says when contrasted with other terms means 'mildly disapproves of fascism'

like I know what communist is and feel that's fairly well defined but socialist seemed less so

the way I've always contrasted the two is that communism is about completely destroying and rebuilding the frames of society i.e. capitalism bad, workers own the rights to what they make instead of factory owners, etc. etc. that kind of stuff

Socialism isn't necessarily about those but requires robust social programs in order to ensure that people's needs are met regardless

under socialism you can still like, own things. but there would be better social programs like has been said, rich would be taxed fairly, workers own means etc

universal health care, universal basic income etc

Princess Emily covered it well.

Thankyou for the input. Your answers were much more helpful than the self-described communist facebook group I asked on 😅

Communism is a terrific ideal... that doesn't seem possible in practice with humans.