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Originally Posted by Agent_Grey
As to liberalism being dead, I partially agree. I'm pretty annoyed at those on the left who are trying to popularize the term "Progressive" instead... I'm a proud liberal and I think ceding ownership of the word to the right wing was about the stupidest thing we ever let happen.
As for whether it SHOULD be dead or not... this is where I've a bone to pick. I feel conservative "answers" are easy to sell and don't actually work. Liberal approaches take thought and time and a measure of pragmatism which simply has no place in the current political climate.
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Well, in so much that I think you and I agree on most things, I was having issues coming up with a topic.
Personally, I think "Progressive" is what most liberals are today. Progressivism believes that the government should be used to make people equal (which means that people are not treated equally), as opposed to classical liberals who believed that the government should be required to treat people equally.
I have always viewed myself as a classical liberal, but it is so hard to find people who understand what this means I usually just call myself libertarian.