Liberalism /lib-er-ul-iz-um/: (n) a proud belief in the practice of rationalizing all fact out of an argument in order to make a point.
Of course, 250 years ago, that was not the meaning at all. Which is why I tend to call the modern versions Progressives today rather than Liberals.
Even "progressives" is too kind, because their ideology and methods have absolutely nothing to do with progress.
ReplyDeleteI prefer "leftist" or better still "statist." Why mince words? Their prescriptions all boil down to socialism anyway.