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> Behind a very thin veil of social liberalism, we are in fact living in a profoundly conservative and conventional era. Maybe. Or it might be that social libe
by nbhuik 8y ago
> Behind a very thin veil of social liberalism, we are in fact living in a profoundly conservative and conventional era.
Maybe. Or it might be that social liberalism, at least in its current form, isn't that nice. Social liberalism compared to something like social democracy, or even various forms of "capitalism", takes the position that favorable rules are what grants you personal freedom. But it seemingly turns out that a lot of the things we care about exists in the practical realm. Having spent some, but fortunately not a lot of, time in oppressive countries it is always disappointing when you get back to the west and realize that overall it is still remarkably similar.
- inawarminister 8y agohumans are humans, anywhere in the world.
- swingline-747 8y agoNawh. The change started in the 1980's but came into its own in the 1990's: people whom call themselves liberal behaving illiberally with a tiny vocal fringe telling the greater constituency what to do and what's acceptable: political correctness, crybully outrage tantrums and shouting-down opponents rather than making better arguments. It's not a left/right thing (partisanship is dumb) but an identity crisis meets identity politics/victimhood celebration thing. Let the Milo's and the other nutters speak. It's like any book that a group wants to burn or ban is probably a book worth reading. It shows integrity to be consistent and have thicker skin. Also, faculty, staff and parents have to set better examples and boundaries by not put up with crazy, unreasonableness or ridiculousness... extending adolescence longer and wrapping kids in a bubblewrap, reality-unmoored, spoiled artificial life is a fundamental disservice that's going to hit them harder when they get out in the real world.