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You actually sound more like a social-democrat than a liberal. Liberals do not refer to property as a mere social construct.

• harrumph 10y ago
  " Liberals do not refer to property as a mere social construct." Excellent point. Liberals are de facto capitalists.
  • eli_gottlieb 10y ago
    Liberals are capitalists with a heart. Social democrats are capitalists with a heart and a brain. And personally, I think social democracy worked pretty ok except for the fact that it required a pretty strict anti-socialism, which meant that when the '70s arrived and the elite decided to "restore growth" by clawing back every concession to the working class and the human heart that they'd ever made under social democracy, nobody could stop them.
    • ArkyBeagle 10y ago
      I cannot imagine a single meaningful thing "the elites" could do to have a concession to the human heart. They best they can do is things like taking the boot of Jim Crow off the neck of people. That's not that far from the arsonist-fireman syndrome. Most of the concessions to the working class are still with us. Everything except jobs. And for a while, "restoring growth" worked. my hobby horse for why it stopped is low interest rates and low inflation.
• abritinthebay 10y ago
  To be fair though, and this is a common mistake, there is a world of difference between "Someone who holds general liberal positions" and "Someone who specifically subscribes to the policies of Classical Liberalism." What you are referring to is Classical Liberalism which is a very specific thing. What most people mean by "Liberal" is ideas of liberty and equality. Which is the generic form of Liberalism. (There are many sub-categories, including Classical, Conservative, Social, and Economic Liberalism) Under those terms property would be a social construct (and contract).
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