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Er, no, he's actually a classical liberal. Specifically "classic British liberal". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhEG69ZGwUI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
by Reedx 8y ago
Er, no, he's actually a classical liberal. Specifically "classic British liberal".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhEG69ZGwUI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhEG69ZGwUI
In regards to academics - he taught at Harvard and University of Toronto for decades, has written books and released hundreds of hours of lectures for free.
- dragonwriter 8y agoThe centrist wings of both modern American conservatism and liberalism are both grounded in classical liberalism (the language is different in most of the rest of the West, where liberalism tends to be classical liberalism but widely recognized as a center-right position), so even if true, that wouldn't rebut that he is a modern conservative. Peterson, OTOH, seems to be a common modern conservative blend of elements from classical liberalism and classic conservatism with modern scientific-sounding rationalization for the classically conservative elements.