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should and
be clear
by now
John Locke.
America
is founded on liberalism.
John Locke was the favorite
philosopher
of
the
Founding
Fathers, were all Protestants here
(even Catholics), and our economic
notions have always been capitalist
ones.
Our two parties, although one
claims liberalism and one denies it,
are really just two sides of the same
coin.
The Right loves liberalism in the
economic
realm
(capitalism,
deregulation, self-interest), but then
they contradict themselves by
fighting it in the social realm (samesex marriage, divorce, abortion,
secularism). The Left contradicts
itself from the opposite direction.
Both are confused, incoherent, and
gravely inconsistent. Because of
their own contradictions, they wind
up undermining their own efforts, as
The Human-Sized
Option
The Right loves Big Business, and Big
Business
loves Dream
Big Government. The
Liberal
Team
What is
Liberalism?
The Nature and Origins of
the Liberal Creed
Adam
Smith
John
Locke
Liberals Everywhere!
Consider these two statements:
Its my body, I can do what I want
with it!
Its my money, I can do what I want
with it!
The first statement is something wed
expect to hear from a modern
Democrat, in defense of same-sex
marriage or abortion. The second is
something wed hear from a
Republican, in defense of tax-cuts and
against market regulations. But guess
what?they both use precisely the
same logic, and it is the logic of
liberalism.
Confused? To clarify things, we need
to properly define liberalism.
Liberalism Defined:
Liberalism is not the name of a
political partyit is a philosophical
movement. It is not new, and in fact it
forms the foundation for the ideas of
both the American Right and Left.
To understand this, lets draw our
definition from Milton Friedman, the
famous capitalist economist who was
economic advisor to Reagan, a hero
of the Right, and a self-described,
adamant liberal:
He defined liberalism as:
Individualism + Freedom =
Self-Interest
Capitalismeconomic liberalism
assumes that everyone will act in their
own self-interest, but that this will
somehow still benefit society in the long
run.