More proof that the far left has hijacked the "liberal" term.
Horseshit. "Liberal" was hijacked back in the "Red Scare" era as a false association -- the same association turd that
Redfish and his ilk are still trying to float here 65 years later. In spite of the fact that Liberalism is what
invented this country.
And we'll take it back now, thank you very little. That shit should have died in the gutter with McCarthy. Or as another poster put it, " grow up".
The only problem with your theory is that it wasn't a false association. Many of those who advertised themselves as "liberals" turned out to be communists.
The liberalism of the Founding Fathers bares no resemblance to modern liberalism. The former believed in private property and economic freedom. The later are hardcore Stalinists.
The founders had not witnessed the horrific excesses and abuses that capitalism inflicted on societies in the Industrial Age.
Then again they owned slaves too.
Indeed, because it hadn't happened yet. We were after all an agrarian society then.
Growing pains.
I can tell you all exactly what happened with liberalism, i.e., the split.
This is a fairly concise explanation:
"The split within liberalism led to the rise of
modern liberalism within the Liberal Party, and the de-emphasis of what some refer to as "classical" liberalism, which had allegedly been the dominant ideology within the party.[
citation needed]
Historically, liberalism emphasized a system of government to protect liberty;
historically, liberalism viewed the threat to liberty as mainly coming from the force and coercion of the state.
The split within liberalism occurred when many liberals viewed threats to individual liberty arising from sources other than the state, such as from the concentration of money, the amalgamation of power, or in the destitution of the poor, the sick, or the elderly.
Modern liberalism was an ideology which promoted an active government as the best guardian of liberty – both theoretical liberty and effective liberty – through government aid.
Several 'New Liberals' such as David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill replaced the earlier ideology apparent in figures such as
William Ewart Gladstone (
see Gladstonian Liberalism) who felt that people should be more trusting of their fate to market forces and the "invisible hand" of capitalism."
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