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> only restricting that freedom where absolutely necessary I used to believe this as well. I was thaught a lesson... In fact, now I understand that liberals,
by lynx23 4y ago
> only restricting that freedom where absolutely necessary
I used to believe this as well. I was thaught a lesson... In fact, now I understand that liberals, when given the power, will corrupt into totalitarism in a few months.
- a4a4a4a4 4y agoAgreed with you on "modern liberalism" devolving into totalitarianism. "Classical liberalism" doesn't allow for that though. In practice, I don't think anyone in the US follows the latter strictly enough for prevent the same decay anyway though.
- overrun11 4y agoYou might find "Why Liberalism Failed" by Patrick Deneen interesting if you haven't read it already. He argues that modern liberalism is the inevitable successor to classical liberalism.
- webmobdev 4y agoCan you give some examples of that because I didn't get your point?
- majani 4y agoFor example outright confiscation of wealth above $100m is quite a popular sentiment amongst liberals right now
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoThe original claim was: > liberals, when given the power, will corrupt into totalitarism in a few months. Is your complaint an actual example of that? I've never actually heard the argument - I've heard "billionaires should not exist", but never "we should have a 100% tax on those making more than $100m", so I don't know if the claim you're making is as popular as you're making it out to be, nor do I believe is it an example of totalitarianism. I also don't see actual examples of liberal governments doing that. People say lots of crazy stuff online, but "liberals say the darndest thing" is not the claim here.
- overrun11 4y ago> nor do I believe is it an example of totalitarianism These conversations never go anywhere. The battlelines are already drawn. It just becomes a semantic debate around loosely defined terms like totalitarianism.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoYeah, fair enough. It's become synonymous with "something I don't like".
- Eisenstein 4y agoWhat made you understand that?
- lynx23 4y agoCorona and the way how the left/right have handled it. Before corona, I used to vote leftish. Now, I no longer vote.