08-15-2016, 03:40 PM
(08-15-2016, 02:26 PM)djam Wrote: Well then I guess "real liberal policies" would never and have never worked anywhere, period --depending on your definition of liberal. You know, I thought our founding fathers were liberal, and this nation was founded on classical liberalism and their escape from Europe's fascism. But the people who call themselves liberal now want to bring back all the fascist euro policy. So I dont even know what is liberal anymore because the folks who current carry that banner are the furthest thing from it. Liberty and freedom. Thats liberal. Government control is fascist. Everything the modern liberal wants anymore is something the government has to force of others at gun point. Nothing liberal about that at all.
I see the ignorance in regards to what socialism is among the right wing extends also to fascism. Also, classical liberalism was not the only liberal thought at the time. Though a lot of right wingers would hate classical liberalism just as much. Anyway, liberalism has many schools of thought. There is no one liberal ideology, same for conservatism.
But, you seem to have a misguided view on world politics and economy, likely jaded from a nationalistic standpoint.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
