That is not what Liberalism is. Liberalism is the political ideology that came out of the struggle against the feudal aristocracy in early modern Europe. It is premised mostly on private property being sacrosanct and protection against “excessive” taxes and regulations inhibiting free markets and giving monarchy and aristocrats power over the merchants and business owners. It also relies on and extreme methodological individualism, founding all ideas about how people and groups work as tabula rossa individuals freely contracting in a vacuum, or as Margaret Thatcher put it “there is no society, just individuals and their families”. Liberalism was the ideology or “operating system” of capitalism that is fundamentally incompatible with any socialism.
Your response is perfect, but please be aware that said person definitely knows this and actively spreads neoliberal capitalist propaganda. They are not acting in good faith.
That’s not what liberalism is. Liberalism is the philosophy of capitalism. If you don’t believe in private property, you are categorically not a liberal.
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These ideas are compatible with leftism. Rejecting them seems dangerous & incompatible with leftism.
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That is not what Liberalism is. Liberalism is the political ideology that came out of the struggle against the feudal aristocracy in early modern Europe. It is premised mostly on private property being sacrosanct and protection against “excessive” taxes and regulations inhibiting free markets and giving monarchy and aristocrats power over the merchants and business owners. It also relies on and extreme methodological individualism, founding all ideas about how people and groups work as tabula rossa individuals freely contracting in a vacuum, or as Margaret Thatcher put it “there is no society, just individuals and their families”. Liberalism was the ideology or “operating system” of capitalism that is fundamentally incompatible with any socialism.
Your response is perfect, but please be aware that said person definitely knows this and actively spreads neoliberal capitalist propaganda. They are not acting in good faith.
True, but the nice thing about a public forum is that everyone who isn’t a scumbag can also read this excellent reply and learn something.
That’s not what liberalism is. Liberalism is the philosophy of capitalism. If you don’t believe in private property, you are categorically not a liberal.
Here’s a book that goes through every major liberal philosopher, and how they dealt with the contradictions of liberalism.