20 Jun 2021 8:29 pm
your definition of liberalism is in no way consistent with anybody else’s.FOS » 20 Jun 2021, 8:24 pm » wrote: ↑ Socialism is intrinsically at odds with liberalism because, of course, liberalism opposes government involvement in anything.
But a liberal could hypothetically support universal healthcare so long as they frame it as a 'necessary evil'.
lib·er·al·ism
/ˈlib(ə)rəˌlizəm/
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- 1.
willingness to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; openness to new ideas. - 2.
a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.
It says nothing about having a default position of opposing everything the government does. You have conflated liberalism totally with anarchism, when they are different