This article makes the case way better https://acoup.blog/2024/07/05/collections-the-philosophy-of-liberty-on-liberalism/ https://acoup.blog/2024/07/05/collect

This article makes the case way better https://acoup.blog/2024/07/05/collections-the-philosophy-of-liberty-on-liberalism/ https://acoup.blog/2024/07/05/collections-the-philosophy-of-... The tl;dr is that Western societies sort of developed liberalism as a reaction to the vast destruction of the early modern wars of religion, and it persisted because liberal democraties tend to be more productive and better at war than their autocratic counterparts, and way better than their fascist counterparts.