[OFB Cafe] PD: Something to Fan the Flames... OFB Endorses Candidates
Fred A. Miller
fmiller at lightlink.com
Thu Feb 7 02:26:37 CST 2008
Fred A. Miller wrote:
> Daniel Cassidy wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> I'm really not sure I agree here. Sure, liberalism is very strong in
>> Europe, but when you say liberalism you mean socialism. When Europeans
>> say liberalism, they mean classical liberalism, which is closer to
>> what you would call libertarianism, i.e. valuing individual social and
>> economic freedom. There is a tendency in Europe towards rather large
>> welfare states, but the bare-faced authoritarianism seen currently in
>> the UK and US has little parallel in mainland Europe.
>
> Semantics can be a problem at times. ;) Yes....."liberalism" here does
> me the "creeping crud"..........socialism. It should see a parallel
> anywhere, nor be the case here or the UK.
Sorry.....meant "shouldn't" instead of "should."
Fred
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