Of course, most libertarians will not admit it.
Of course, most libertarians will not admit it.
But then, in America “liberal” is a Newspeak word at this point - socialists coopted the word in the 1920s, according to William Safire. Before then, “liberal” had been the correct word for what is now abused as “conservative.”“Conservative” is a term of abuse in America, for the simple reason that American “conservatives” conserve American traditions of freedom - and a Constitution which explicitly promotes progress (by giving Congress the right to establish the Patent Office for the purpose of promoting “the progress of science and the useful arts”).
American “conservatives” promote fracking, while the “liberals” want to abolish the freedom to do so.
Journalists reserve the term “objective” for themselves, but apply any other label they can think of - especially “liberal,” “progressive,” “moderate,” or “centrist” - to pelicans who attack the middle class. Which is precisely what the journalists attack.