And that is what the conservatives USED to try and conserve. For the most part in this countr, Liberals want more and bigger government and less freedom for individuals. Liberal became associated with left wing, social, marxist values about the same time conservative became associated with capitalism.
I agree that the 'Liberal' moniker has become associated with left wing and social values to some extent. It is the same sort of association that conservative has with theocracy and avarice. They are both broad generalizations that are as a whole untrue.
Do you really think that the term conservative is associated with capitalism or was that sarcasm? If someone asked me to name 10 characteristics of the term liberal, both left wing and social(ist) would be in that list. If someone asked me to name 10 characteristics of the term conservative, capitalism wouldn't even be on the horizon.
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting!
Not to be rude but who are you? And I suppose equally important, where are we?
The Wotmaniac formerly known as nomad.
Not to be rude but who are you? And I suppose equally important, where are we?
The Wotmaniac formerly known as nomad.
Why does the American interpretation of "liberal" differ from the European?
- 09/02/2010 09:15:39 AM
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For the last century or so liberal has meant the same in the UK as in the US.
- 09/02/2010 09:30:07 AM
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Because the US started off with the idea of freedom of individuals...
- 09/02/2010 09:40:59 AM
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Using that word "marxist" really undermines the credibility of your post. 
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- 09/02/2010 10:25:42 AM
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- 09/02/2010 10:25:42 AM
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Only to people who don't understand Marxism in the slightest! *NM*
- 09/02/2010 02:32:39 PM
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- 09/02/2010 02:32:39 PM
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Eh, obviously you can point to elements of Marxist influence in the Democratic Party...
- 09/02/2010 02:52:34 PM
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Anytime the people who object to an ideology are permitted to define it...
- 09/02/2010 10:56:46 PM
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To some extent I agree with you.
- 09/02/2010 12:36:28 PM
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Because they got offended when they were called socialist and progressive didn't stick *NM*
- 09/02/2010 02:09:10 PM
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Hah. Progressive wasn't dirty-sounding enough for the other side to go along with it 
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- 09/02/2010 07:35:35 PM
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- 09/02/2010 07:35:35 PM
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1988. george bush vs. michael dukakis
- 10/02/2010 03:37:13 AM
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In America we typically now refer to true liberals (i.e. Locke) as "classical liberal(ism)"
- 12/02/2010 05:06:38 AM
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