Sunday, April 19, 2009

Liberalism Gets Redefined

(more thoughts inspired from Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism)

Did you know that "liberalism" used to refer to political and economic liberty? It used to mean "maximum individual freedom under the benign protection of a minimalist state." The progressives, led by John Dewey, changed the meaning of the term to "the alleviation of material and educational poverty, and liberation from old dogmas and faiths." For progressives liberty no longer meant freedom from tyranny, but freedom from want, "freedom" of living in accord with the state. When the stock market crashed in 1929, they believed their shining moment had come. Same thing last fall?

1 comment:

Terri Wagner said...

In a word yes. I think Obama is crowing over the financial problems and is intend on getting people to give up liberty for what will become government tryanny. And he has plenty of those in the Congress who are supporting the agenda. And not enough to stop it.