The Left Abandoned Liberalism and Liberals

In several countries around the world, the Liberal Party is actually that—liberal in the best sense of the word. They agree people should live free from government interference, intrusion, and overreach in their lives. 

For instance, the UK’s Liberal Party “ . . . exists to create a liberal society, in which every citizen shall possess liberty, property and security, and none shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity. Its chief care is for the rights and opportunities of the individual, and in all spheres it sets freedom first.” In Australia, the Liberal Party stands for, “ . . . the inalienable rights and freedoms of all peoples;  . . . a lean government that minimises interference in our daily lives; and maximises individual and private sector initiative. . . . In those most basic freedoms of parliamentary democracy—the freedom of thought, worship, speech and association. . . .” 

Democrats in the United States say they are liberal, but you can check out their meandering party platform here. There is nothing remotely liberal (see above) in this so-called platform. They have no solutions, only unimaginative rewards to buy votes from their constituents. The DNC site talks about recovering from the pandemic, building a “fairer” economy (whatever that is supposed to mean), reforming the criminal justice system, a laughable plank for “healing the soul of America,” environmental justice (eye roll), strengthening our democracy (even though we are a republic), a 21st century immigration system (which must mean letting everyone into the country who would like to come in unvetted and unvaccinated), providing a world-class education (apparently including critical race theory and normalizing gender dysphoria), and finally, renewing American leadership (led by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris). 

Here in the United States and Canada, the word liberal has been perverted and taken over by the progressive Left, which is in no way liberal. In today’s America, Democrats are split into two groups, those on the progressive Left and classical liberal thinkers, who in today’s society have more in common with Republicans than they do with the progressives in their party, whether they choose to acknowledge that truth or not. 

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