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a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom
liberalism had always claimed to stand for the greatest social good
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Those groups include people in the tech industry, moderate conservatives, advocates of economic liberalism, and right-wing movements.
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Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Such proclamations reflect a deep unease with the basic concept of representative democracy—a foundational if sometimes dormant element of liberalism itself that was reactivated in 2016 and is likely to assume larger proportions during the second Trump Administration.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
And the rise of reactionary populism—not just in North America and Europe but also in India and in parts of Latin America—has shattered the ideological dominance that liberalism enjoyed for two decades after the end of the Cold War.
—Alexander Cooley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Growing suburban liberalism has put Georgia, Arizona, and even North Carolina on the map for Democrats.
—Stephanie Ternullo / Made By History, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
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Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
Such proclamations reflect a deep unease with the basic concept of representative democracy—a foundational if sometimes dormant element of liberalism itself that was reactivated in 2016 and is likely to assume larger proportions during the second Trump Administration.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
And the rise of reactionary populism—not just in North America and Europe but also in India and in parts of Latin America—has shattered the ideological dominance that liberalism enjoyed for two decades after the end of the Cold War.
—Alexander Cooley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Growing suburban liberalism has put Georgia, Arizona, and even North Carolina on the map for Democrats.
—Stephanie Ternullo / Made By History, TIME, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Liberalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberalism. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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