We all know how contorted the use of the term
“liberalism” has been for decades. Liberalism once upon a time (before 1970)
meant free competition and meritocracy without discrimination. But ever since
then liberalism has meant affirmation action quotas and dumbed-down standards
to achieve radical homogeneity in “representativeness.” Liberalism once favored
eliminating the use of gender, racial and ethnic group membership as a
criterion for advancement, whereas these days liberals almost unanimously
endorse subordination of all advancement to such things. Liberalism once meant
removing obstacles to competition and elimination of measures that simply
protect special interests. These days liberals favor retaining as many such
obstacles as possible. Liberals once favored reining in government and
preventing subordination of markets to bureaucratic whims and political
allegiances. Today the very essence of liberalism is to favor such things……ToRead More….
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