Euripides at Rational Conservatism: Liberalism Versus Liberal Democracy

I am a liberal democrat. My political ideology, however, has nothing to do with modern American liberalism and even less to do with the Democratic party. These two systems have become antithetical to the original ideals of liberal democracy.

Modern liberals, who originally called themselves “progressives” are the inheritors of socialist thought of the 19th Century. Socialism in this sense, is not necessarily Marxist (although that was one manifestation of socialist thought) but rather as a reaction against such things as individualism and liberty....

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