i was just curious, 'cause i clicked on the link, and it was like liberalism's about "individual rights and equality of opportunity," and i was like, i don't know what's so bad about that.
yeah, i do think that's [what you describe of modern liberalism] a shit way of doing things. i've actually thought that since like seventh grade, lol, albeit in a much more simplistic way. i found out about aid and embargoes and shit and was like appalled. i remember because i wrote silly journal entries about it. omg was clinton still in office then? he was. jesus.
but are those things a problem with the ideas of liberalism as a political philosophy, or as it became allied with nationalism and european sentiments? because it seems like if you're really upholding individual rights and equal opportunity, it would be against your philosophy to 'bring the not yet developed native people up to the European par'. i dunno. but from a glance at the page it seems like people have very different ideas about what liberalism means in terms of policy.
i liked Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, but i haven't read any of his political work (though it shows through, it's not explicit in his other stuff). and i haven't read Hobbes and Machiavelli since 9/10 english. i liked Rousseau, but i'd like to know more.
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Date: 2008-11-08 10:42 pm (UTC)yeah, i do think that's [what you describe of modern liberalism] a shit way of doing things. i've actually thought that since like seventh grade, lol, albeit in a much more simplistic way. i found out about aid and embargoes and shit and was like appalled. i remember because i wrote silly journal entries about it. omg was clinton still in office then? he was. jesus.
but are those things a problem with the ideas of liberalism as a political philosophy, or as it became allied with nationalism and european sentiments? because it seems like if you're really upholding individual rights and equal opportunity, it would be against your philosophy to 'bring the not yet developed native people up to the European par'. i dunno. but from a glance at the page it seems like people have very different ideas about what liberalism means in terms of policy.
i liked Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, but i haven't read any of his political work (though it shows through, it's not explicit in his other stuff). and i haven't read Hobbes and Machiavelli since 9/10 english. i liked Rousseau, but i'd like to know more.