It's not what people think it is in my opinion.|||Because it's trendy and the majority of people are insecure and want to fit in. I agree with your comment about liberalism.|||What is a modern "Liberal Ideology"? I only have a life-long interest in political philosophy and have never heard of it. The last time a "Liberal Ideology" was rampant in the US was at its founding. Breaking away from the traditions of monarchy and state religion and adopting the idea of equality and liberty conferred on kings by Natural Law was the most liberal move ever made by a group of human beings and was spoken of as such by the Founders themselves.|||Because as you will discover (if you haven't already) "them that got is them that gets" is more than just a Billie Holiday lyric.
No system is perfect.
Carried to an extreme liberalism is unworkable in a world of capitalism and international competition.
The smaller the group, the more effective it is. On a macro scale, its not that great.
The same is true of Conservatism. As long as its YOUR standards and values being conserved, all is right with the world.|||I would argue that liberalism gets much less credibility than it deserves. Contrary to what conservative propaganda pushes, Liberals are good people trying to make sure that people have a way to pursue happiness that is unique to their personality. We don't try to say everybody should fit into the same ideal "one side fits all" lifestyle. We respect reason and difference and change.|||It has to do with the press, which is mostly liberal.|||the liberal media|||Because its based on supporting the people instead of the rich and big biz.|||Because running on a ticket of "We will help you with everything" is an easy way to get votes.|||Our entire history is based on classical liberalism in the form of individual privacy rights, universal education (not just for the rich like in feudal Europe), and humanism.
Liberal-minded progress like voting rights for women, not allowing the elderly to starve in the gutter, and labor rights and safety requirements for workers are really in the crapper, huh? Sorry, none of these were "conservative" ideas, nor would they have happened had we continued "conserving" the same old crap that conservatives think it's necessary to conserve.|||Your opinion is ill-founded. The Liberal ideology deserves more credibility than it gets, but the Right wing has assiduously vilified it so that many people have a Strawman notion of Liberalism.|||to me, it embraces man made morality, which stands in opposition to God ordained morality
and we all know who the great deceiver is
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