Can Liberalism Survive?

[carlfense]

From Sullivan's blog. Interesting read. Talking about the traditional meaning of liberalism of course.

 

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/04/can-liberalism-survive.html

[bhamHusker]

Interesting read. I might comment on more on it later, but I lack the time atm.

 

For now, lets clarify the term because there are some that, based on their posting history, will not understand what liberalism in this context means. By "Liberalism," Andrew Sullivan is referring to free, democratic societies such as virtually every modern western democracy as opposed to monarchies and other totalitarian forms of governance. He is not referring to "durned freedum hating libs wanna take muh guns and make me worship Charles Darwin and Karl Marx, and force muh women to have abortions, and turn me gay!"

 

http://en.wikipedia....wiki/Liberalism

[Omaha-Husker]

Sort of reminds me of the often talked about "Lifecycle of Democracy."

 

 

From bondage to spiritual faith

From spiritual faith to great courage

From courage to liberty

From liberty to abundance

From abundance to complacency

From complacency to apathy

From apathy to dependence

From dependence back into bondage

[strigori]

When you get down to it, Liberalism is the only thing that can survive. It is the only form of government that transcends individuals. Change is a fundamental part of the system, with leaders being elected on terms, not in for life, or someone else who has bigger guns.

 

But in the event of the zombie apocalypse this all goes out the window....