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Memories of the 28th Century

Miscellaneous thoughts about miscellaneous matters

  1. Liberalism: Which Flavor?

    by , 05-12-2014 at 01:27 PM (Memories of the 28th Century)
    There seem to be people who think that liberalism is a synonym for socialism, and that people like Ted Kennedy and Obama et alia were or are liberals. Sometimes it seems like people think that liberalism and state socialism are the same things. Nothing could be further from the truth. Liberalism is about freedoms: s free and fair elections, civil rights, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, free trade, and private property, free thought, etc. It is a philosophical movement that began with ...