THORAX
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Anyway, what do you think of all that? Am I accurate with 1988, or did that start sometime earlier?
I think...but I'm not exactly sure...that the term 'liberal' was obfuscated by Leftists in the 1960s. Prior to that, Liberalism was what many call libertarianism today, as was evident in the seminal book by Mises, "Liberalism, The Classical Tradition".
Hey, maybe that's were the term 'Classical Liberal' came from? Not sure.
You may be correct about conservatives using the term liberal in a derogatory sense beginning in 1988. However, Leftists called themselves that beforehand.
They've regressed into Marxist unfortunately. Not entirely, but they're getting there.
Just look at England. The Marxist have gotten so out of control that you have nationalist parties cropping up one after the next in British politics.