Re: What is liberalism?
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I agree, but I think most American "liberals" don't really understand liberalism and that's a big part of the problem.
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That might be true.
But is at least equally true that most people in America don't understand that the "liberalism" of the Democratic party is a very centrist ideology and that American politics is really about a conflict between the right and the center. An electorally strong "left" has never really existed in America.
That is the cat that the Republican party really doesn't want out of the bag. Who wants to be seen as engaging in an ideological battle against "the center?" Luckily for the GOP, the American populace has trouble enough finding Europe on a map, much less understanding the historical distinctions between socialism, social democracy, modern liberalism, and new and old conservatism.
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