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Michael Walzer on Liberal as an Adjective

Democracy Paradox

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The Meaning of Liberalism Has Changed Over Time?

In the 19th century, it really was something like what we call libertarianism. Once they would have been called liberals, and now liberal means almost the opposite. So New Deal liberalism is different from every previous idea of what liberalism meant. Do you feel that the mindset has changed over time? Or do you feel like the consequences of that mindset have changed?

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