Why You Should Feel Good About Liberalism
Why You Should Feel Good About Liberalism
Section titled “Why You Should Feel Good About Liberalism”
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Section titled “Highlights”- Embodying those notions are three interlinked social systems: liberal democracy to make political choices; market capitalism to make economic choices; and science and other forms of open critical exchange to make epistemic choices (that is, decisions about truth and knowledge). By transcending tribe, renouncing authoritarianism, substituting rules for rulers, and treating persons as interchangeable, liberalism achieves what no other social system can offer, at least on a large scale: coordination without control. In a liberal system, everyone can participate but no one is in charge.
- Note: Cf Adam Curtis: the dream of no one in charge is the problem.