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Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. Different forms of liberalism may propose very different policies, but they are generally united by their support for a number of principles, including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy, and a transparent system of government.[2] All liberals – as well as some adherents of other political ideologies – support the form of government known as liberal democracy, with open and fair elections, where all citizens have equal rights by law.3
Liberalism rejected many foundational assumptions that dominated most earlier theories of government, such as the Divine Right of Kings, hereditary status, and established religion. Social progressivism, the belief that traditions do not carry any inherent value and social practices ought to be continuously adjusted for the greater benefit of humanity, is a common component of liberal ideology. Liberalism is also strongly associated with the belief that human society should be organized in accordance with certain unchangeable and inviolable rights. Different schools of liberalism are based on different conceptions of human rights, but there are some rights that all liberals support, including rights to life, liberty, and property.
Within liberalism, there are two major currents of thought that often compete over the use of the term "liberal" and have been known to clash on many issues. Classical liberals emphasize free private enterprise, individual property rights, laissez-faire economic policy, and freedom of contract, and opposes the welfare state. Classical liberals support equality before the law, but hold that economic inequality, arising from competition in the free market, does not justify wealth redistribution by governments. 4 Social liberals advocate a greater degree of government influence to protect individual rights (in a broad sense), often in the form of anti-discrimination laws. Social liberals support universal education, and many also support the provision of welfare, including benefits for the unemployed, housing for the homeless, and medical care for the sick, all supported by progressive taxation.
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I was about to vote for this, but after reading the description I changed my mind.
Whoever wrote that, is certainly not liberal at all. They, on the contrary, despise the liberal thinking, and described lots of aspects in a partial way.
There are at least three statements which are biased and should be at least discussed:
"They denounce racism, but support racially-based hiring and intuition policies and quotas."
"...the controlling religion in their country is kind-hearted enough to not ban any beliefs, nor deny anybody any basic human rights on a religious basis."
"They demand higher wages, and environmentally-friendly legal restrictions on companies, but kick and scream when the price of goods rises, and the important jobs get outsourced to other countries. "
Before writing so, you'd need to prove this. And it would not be enough anyway, as Liberals are all over the world, and many of the things criticised might be totally different in other countries.
So, think twice and I suggest that no liberal should vote for this.
fixed it.
Oh thanks…. at least now this appears to be a neutral description!