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Mind you, he said liberalism and not liberal. Modern day conservatives tend to be very pro-capitalism, which liberalism loved. Not sure when things got all tur
by Novosell 3y ago
Mind you, he said liberalism and not liberal. Modern day conservatives tend to be very pro-capitalism, which liberalism loved.
Not sure when things got all turned around in America. Liberalism = smaller government and a free market. Yet in the US a "liberal" dislikes capitalism and wants more government? It's odd.
- teknico 3y agoIt’s a long story. Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty - Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/library/left-and-right-prospects-liberty https://mises.org/library/left-and-right-prospects-liberty
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Yet in the US a "liberal" dislikes capitalism and wants more government? American liberals love capitalism; its one of the key things that differentiates the liberal (center-right) faction of the Democratic Party from the progressive (center-left) faction, which is (largely, quite mildly) critical of capitalism, and, in turn, from the actual left.