Quote (CecilTheLion @ Jan 17 2018 09:37am)
It's a right wing liberalism. Literally every classical liberal I know votes conservative. It's like a soft-right libertarianism.
You're right that there's some crossover with the left, but overall I think given my layout that it fits with the Conservative/Right Libertarianism choice. You're free to choose centrist if you prefer.
I mean, this is a pretty vague thing to say, but I disagree. Perhaps we could say liberalism more generally is what has constituted western political praxis.
Quote (WeAwait @ Jan 17 2018 12:36pm)
Democracy is a derivative of classical liberalism, and the core ideas of classical liberalism are rooted in Individualism, which spawned the Renaissance.
Without the Renaissance we're still in the dark ages; Neoliberalism is trying to send us back there with its regressive, authoritarian ideals.
I think your problem is with the fact that liberalism can cover two things: fiscal liberalism (i.e. little regulation and high market freedom, typically associated with the Republican Party) and social liberalism (i.e. strong regulation for social justice, progressiveness towards LGBT, abortion etc. Typically associated with the Democratic Party).
When non-Americans (or literature older than a decade or two) talk about liberalism, they often mean the former.
When Americans talk about liberalism these days, they usually mean the latter.
It would be nice if people would be more specific when talking about liberalism, but usually it can be derived from the context anyway.