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I don't think it's unnecessarily pedantic to ask people to refrain from using the word "liberal" in the American sense when referring to countries in which the
by laingc 10y ago
I don't think it's unnecessarily pedantic to ask people to refrain from using the word "liberal" in the American sense when referring to countries in which the original sense of the word is retained.
When it comes to regulation of the labour market, Scotland is decidedly less liberal than England.
- tptacek 10y agoIt's not my impression that this is the case. http://www.snp.org/pb_employment http://www.snp.org/pb_employment
- laingc 10y agoSo, we're currently talking at cross purposes, and I'm not convinced that I'm really adding much to this discussion by furthering it. However, to clear up any confusion between us, if your point is that Scotland favours a more heavily regulated labour market then you are both correct and in agreement with me. My point was simply that this is an illiberal position. Liberal only means "economically statist" in America. Everywhere else in the world it still means classically liberal - i.e. in favour of free markets. Again, I don't think I'm making this discussion any better by pointing this out, so I'm going to leave it there.
- pjc50 10y agoParent means "liberal" in the JS Mill / Adam Smith (whose statue is in the middle of Edinburgh) sense, rather than whatever it means these days in the US context.