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Liberalism is such a hit because it's all about sane defaults. "Everyone is equal in the eyes of the law" is an incredibly good and fair default to have, and t
by hiAndrewQuinn 3y ago
Liberalism is such a hit because it's all about sane defaults.
"Everyone is equal in the eyes of the law" is an incredibly good and fair default to have, and the societies which throw it out often wind up paying a horrible price for it.
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"? Absolute banger.
- noelwelsh 3y agoLiberalism is more an ethical philosophy, applying more at an individual level. Neoliberalism is much more an economic and state-level political philosophy. They're quite different.
- novagameco 3y agoClassical liberalism (little-L liberalism) is a political framework for lowering the horizon of government. It was born out of the religious sectarianism of the 17th century, replacing religious fundamentalism with religious freedom: by disestablishing church and state (or limiting the state's capacity for legislating religion), religion was relegated to the home and this lowered the possibility for civil war. American Liberalism (big L) is a political identity (as opposed to American Conservatism, which is also a political identity) and many policy positions are about signaling membership of an in-group to demonstrate moral puritanism (same goes for Conservatism). It is not governed by an overarching ideology