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Originally Posted by El Blanco
Liberals believe in having a government that assists people in every problem. The problem with that is that it puts the government in more control of your life.
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Well, this isn't classically what liberals believe, nor is it
really what most Liberals believe, but I digress. Liberals of FDR's ilk do believe more so in welfarism, but if you ask someone like my grandmother who lived through the depression, although she's a conservative, she certainly didn't then mind the government "controlling her life," or whatever (btw, are people in Sweden, France, and Germany
really controlled by the state???).
CB, your best best is to avoid titles, avoid labels, and avoid ideology. "Classical liberals," "Liberals," "Moral Conservatives," "Neo-Cons," "Rockefeller Republicans," etc. etc.
The meanings of these things have changed throughout history. What Adam Smith called liberal is now called conservative, and so on.
Your best bet is to judge every issue on its own, use your OWN brain to decide how you feel, and go from there.
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