Maybe you're liberal and you don't even know it

DIEGO MIR

Is liberalism an ism like all other isms ? I think it was in the past. In the 19th century and for a few years in the 20th century, liberalism was a comprehensive ideology: free markets, free trade, freedom of expression, open borders, a minimal state, radical individualism, civil liberty, religious tolerance, minority rights . But today this ideology is called libertarianism, and most of the people who define themselves as liberal - in the American interpretation of the term, close to social democracy - do not accept it or, at least, not at all ...

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