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--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Actually, in your praise of liberalism you must be >talking about classic social liberalism, which was >good, not the modern political version, which, in >the economic sphere is rooted in socialism, which is >being consigned around the world to the dustbin of >history, where it belongs. > I am talking about classical liberalism, not an American right-wing talk show host's mutilation of it. Classical liberalism invented both free market capitalism and socialism. > >Liberalism is being held responsible for the >economic and social malaise in Europe, and they are >now realizing that their policies are not working out, >with high inflation and unemployment rates and >economic stagnation. > Even I, with my limited knowledge of world economics, can tell that this a completely biased mischaracterization of European economies. Perhaps, Gabe or someone else more knowledgeable about this issue can tell us how empty the above assertion is. > >free markets and free trade and less government >interference in the economy, which are conservative >ideals. > They are classical liberal and libertarian ideals. > >Many of the greatest minds that have lived on >this planet have been conservatives. > Could you give some examples? > >They are responsible for saving the world from the >Nazis, the Fascists, the Communists and the >Imperialists. > Which conservative Government saved the world from the Nazis and Fascists? Nazism, Fascism and Imperialism are well-recognized right-wing concepts, just as Communism is recognized as a left-wing one. > >Most of our scientific and technological progress >comes from the fruits of capitalism and conservative >free market economics. > Scientific and technological progress occurs in a liberal society. > >people from around the world have left their liberal >countries and come to the conservative economic >system in the US to prosper and earn Nobel Prizes >over here. > The overwhelming majority of Nobel laureates espouse liberal ideals. Cheers, Santosh
