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Please note that this article concerns itself with the widest sense of liberalism, including American, European, classical, and modern traditions. Since it is inclusive, it may seem to depart from the intuitions of new members. Please acquaint yourself with the historical and geographical facts if you have not already done so. Thanks.
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In Europe and Latin America, "
Should include:
Japan, Australia, South korea, Russia, The whole of south-east asia. When Liberal or liberalism is used it means center-right.
~2025-32507-85 (talk)
Latest comment: 7 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion
Being liberal is a political position on the political scale that is center toward the middle. The stance in the article is far left "Liberal feminism, the dominant tradition in feminist history, is an individualistic form of feminist theory that focuses on women's ability to maintain their equality through their actions and choices. Liberal feminists hope to eradicate all barriers to gender equality, claiming that the continued existence of such barriers eviscerates the individual rights and freedoms ostensibly guaranteed by a liberal social order."
Please refer to the political spectrum before you radicalize the paper. thank you
https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-spectrum2603:7000:B901:8500:A50C:5B0D:F547:78DB (talk) 01:30, 16 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
"with one political scientist[who?] calling American liberalism "bootleg social democracy" "
Linked source is: Susser, Bernard. Political ideology in the modern world. Upper Saddle River: Allyn and Bacon, 1995. ISBN 0-02-418442-X. p. 110.
The original source says "American welfare liberalism has in fact been viewed as a bootleg social democracy.", the author is Bernard Susser, same as the source. That part should be edited. CloudUchiha (talk) 02:17, 3 November 2025 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
It is hard to understand why there are so few posts here in Talk, none at all for many months last year, and none at all for the past month. And yet, in that time, there have been major changes to the article. Any suggestions why this is? Rick Norwood (talk) 21:07, 24 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
I cannot see any major changes, although there have been numerous small changes. The main criticism I have of the article is the removal of the observation that liberalism is based on equality, which was replaced by equality before the law. The reason liberals support equality before the law is that they believe all humans are equal.
Liberals of course differ on the consequences that humans are equal, but don't question it. Jim Crow for example was defended on the basis of "separate but equal." Of course we can challenge the authenticity of that claim, but it is important that the proponents could only argue on liberal precepts. TFD (talk) 04:57, 25 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
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