Fascists and communists demonized each other during the interwar period, but they are much more alike than different as ideologies.
Reagan was a Liberal.
Economic liberalization - Wikipedia
Economic liberalization (or
economic liberalisation) is the lessening of government regulations and restrictions in an
economy in exchange for greater participation by private entities; the doctrine is associated with
classical liberalism. Thus, liberalization in short is "the removal of controls" in order to encourage
economic development.
[1] It is also closely associated with
neoliberalism.
Definition of LIBERAL
4: not literal or strict :
loose
5:
broad-minded; especially : not bound by authoritarianism,
orthodoxy, or traditional forms
6a : of, favoring, or based upon the principles of
liberalism
b capitalized : of or constituting a political party advocating or associated with the principles of political liberalism; especially : of or constituting a political party in the United Kingdom associated with ideals of individual especially economic freedom, greater individual participation in government, and constitutional, political, and administrative reforms designed to secure these objectives
The Swiss Have Liberal Gun Laws, Too
The Swiss Have Liberal Gun Laws, Too
But they also have fewer gun-related deaths than the U.S.
Participants fire their infantry and assault rifles during the traditional “Ruetlischiessen” (Ruetli shooting) competition at the Ruetli meadow in central Switzerland on November 6, 2013.Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
In February 2011, Swiss citizens voted in a referendum that called for a national gun registry and for firearms owned by members of the military to be stored in public arsenals.
Liberalism - Wikipedia
Liberalism is a political view based on
liberty and
equality.
[1][2][3] Liberals generally support
civil rights,
democracy,
secularism,
gender equality,
internationalism and the freedoms of
speech,
the press,
religion and
markets.
[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Liberalism became a distinct
movement in the
Age of Enlightenment, when it became popular among
Western philosophers and economists. Liberalism sought to replace the
norms of
hereditary privilege,
state religion,
absolute monarchy, the
divine right of kings and
traditional conservatism with
representative democracy and the
rule of law. Liberals also ended
mercantilist policies,
royal monopolies and other
barriers to trade, instead promoting free markets.
[11] Philosopher
John Locke is often credited with founding liberalism as a distinct tradition, arguing that each man has a
natural right to life, liberty and
property,
[12] adding that governments must not violate these
rights based on the
social contract. While the
British liberal tradition has emphasised expanding democracy,
French liberalism has emphasised rejecting
authoritarianism and is linked to
nation-building.
[13
Neoliberalism - Wikipedia
Neoliberalism or
neo-liberalism[1] refers primarily to the 20th-century resurgence of 19th-century ideas associated with
laissez-faire economic liberalism.
[2]:7 Those ideas include
economic liberalization policies such as
privatization,
austerity,
deregulation,
free trade[3] and reductions in
government spending in order to increase the role of the
private sector in the
economy and
society.
[11] These market-based ideas and the policies they inspired constitute a
paradigm shift away from the post-war
Keynesian consensus which lasted from 1945 to 1980.
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