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I use Lockean to make clear that I'm referring to liberalism in the philosophical sense rather the "red vs blue" political sense.
by pphysch 5y ago
I use Lockean to make clear that I'm referring to liberalism in the philosophical sense rather the "red vs blue" political sense.
- rayiner 5y agoI see, but I’m not sure I agree. I don’t see how, e.g., believing that experts should decide how to socialize children, or that the non-discrimination principle overrides even self determination, is an extension of liberalism. Fundamentally, the new ideology isn’t pluralist, which seems like a big difference. I’m inclined to agree with those who see it as a neo-Puritanism: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/revenge-of-the-yankees https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/revenge-of-...
- pphysch 5y ago> believing that experts should decide how to socialize children That isn't what American liberals (in the philosophical sense) believe. Liberals believe that their personal beliefs are basically, universally correct--they are good American liberals, after all--and other people should be enlightened in the same way. How they get enlightened--reeducation or bombs or bibles or sanctions or spontaneously--is a minor detail.