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To: Rembrandt_fan
Liberal democracy always leads to socialism.
76 posted on 02/10/2005 8:48:22 AM PST by kjvail (Judica me Deus, et discerne causam meam de gente non sancta)
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To: kjvail

I meant 'liberal' in its Hobbesian sense. The word was hijacked by guys like Kenneth Galbraith to mean something else entirely. When you hear the word 'liberal' applied to an American politician nowadays, it means left-leaning/socialist; this has not always been so.


83 posted on 02/10/2005 9:00:04 AM PST by Rembrandt_fan
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