The law treating everybody equably is literally an idea taken from Liberalism. Representative governments where every person gets to vote is taken from Liberalism. The government regulating markets so companies compete on selling the best product is an idea taken from Liberalism. And yes, the part he got into, the entire idea of human rights and protecting them, that’s also from Liberalism.
There’s a group of people around here that honestly hate it for what it is. That’s probably a minority.
There’s a group of people here that don’t know what it is, and don’t want to know, it’s just BAD and nothing will make it any good. I suspect that’s the majority.
There’s a group thinks that it’s a pretty underwhelming set of ideas. 400 years ago it was all the rage, but if it’s all you defend today, that may not even be enough to qualify for the bare minimum for being a “good person”. I suspect this group is way smaller than the other 2.
And there are also probably more reasons out there.
That seems to be a third definition I wasn’t familiar with at all, but Klear covered it.
Hum… He didn’t go far enough.
The law treating everybody equably is literally an idea taken from Liberalism. Representative governments where every person gets to vote is taken from Liberalism. The government regulating markets so companies compete on selling the best product is an idea taken from Liberalism. And yes, the part he got into, the entire idea of human rights and protecting them, that’s also from Liberalism.
Huh. I wonder why it’s so hated here on Lemmy then?
Everything is hated here on Lemmy.
There’s a group of people around here that honestly hate it for what it is. That’s probably a minority.
There’s a group of people here that don’t know what it is, and don’t want to know, it’s just BAD and nothing will make it any good. I suspect that’s the majority.
There’s a group thinks that it’s a pretty underwhelming set of ideas. 400 years ago it was all the rage, but if it’s all you defend today, that may not even be enough to qualify for the bare minimum for being a “good person”. I suspect this group is way smaller than the other 2.
And there are also probably more reasons out there.