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a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom
liberalism had always claimed to stand for the greatest social good
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The core Trump economic theme which shares so much DNA with old-school liberalism is buried underneath a noxious layer of hatred, lawlessness, violence, lying, and incoherence.
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Natural law has been the foundation for Catholic right-wingers’ assault upon Enlightenment liberalism.
—Peter H. Schwartz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Those groups include people in the tech industry, moderate conservatives, advocates of economic liberalism, and right-wing movements.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Such proclamations reflect a deep unease with the basic concept of representative democracy—a foundational if sometimes dormant element of liberalism itself that was reactivated in 2016 and is likely to assume larger proportions during the second Trump Administration.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Natural law has been the foundation for Catholic right-wingers’ assault upon Enlightenment liberalism.
—Peter H. Schwartz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Those groups include people in the tech industry, moderate conservatives, advocates of economic liberalism, and right-wing movements.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Such proclamations reflect a deep unease with the basic concept of representative democracy—a foundational if sometimes dormant element of liberalism itself that was reactivated in 2016 and is likely to assume larger proportions during the second Trump Administration.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Liberalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberalism. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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