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Originally Posted by alphamale
Uh, political history 101 for you: The word "liberal" as it is used in america means almost exactly the opposite of what it did in the nineteenth century, that's because the american left hijacked the term in the early twentieth century. The word still has the original non-hijacked meaning in other parts of the world. You cannot be a classical liberal and modern liberal unless you have multiple personalities.  |
Hey, did you happen to read what I wrote? No? I didn't think so. As I noted, I do try to distinguish betwen the part of my political thinking that is rooted in classical political liberalism (i.e. the rule of law, the rigts of the individual, etc.) and the part of my political thinking that is more 'modern liberal' by referring to the latter as 'progressive'. And, no, there is no inherent contradiction between the two, although early liberals did tend to favor fewer economic regulations than modern liberals do. You know what happend though? This might be hard for you to grasp, but the world done changed! Sheeoot! While an unregulated market was more conducive to individual liberty than the various economic systems that preceded it (serfdom, mercantilism, etc.), some people began to notice that a completely unregulated market could still quite detrimental to indivudual liberty, so liberals did what they still do, and what intelligent people in general do; they changed their ideas to fit the new reality! Some people call this 'flip-flopping'. Those people are stupid.
Thanks for playing!