RE: What does it mean to be a liberal (politically)?
February 3, 2015 at 10:07 pm
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2015 at 10:09 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
Seems to me that here in America, classic liberalism has been split up between the Republicans and the Democrats: the Republicans cotton to economic liberalism, while the Democrats cotton to social liberalism.
I was a registered Libertarian for years, and still have strong leanings that way. My sense is that government is clearly necessary, clearly a concentration of power susceptible to corruption and clearly an institution that, while necessary, is not trustworthy.
I reject the current usage of "liberal" as a pejorative, just as I reject "Republicunt", because both those labels strive to demonize dissentients.
So what is a "liberal"? He is an dying species bridging the gap between feudalism and the technocratic dictatorship we're installing. We're a dying breed.
I was a registered Libertarian for years, and still have strong leanings that way. My sense is that government is clearly necessary, clearly a concentration of power susceptible to corruption and clearly an institution that, while necessary, is not trustworthy.
I reject the current usage of "liberal" as a pejorative, just as I reject "Republicunt", because both those labels strive to demonize dissentients.
So what is a "liberal"? He is an dying species bridging the gap between feudalism and the technocratic dictatorship we're installing. We're a dying breed.
