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[–]Nombre27 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I don't think it's the most precise term to use for what he's describing.

Socialism would be more closer to that definition than liberalism as he's essentially stating redistribution is a core component of his definition.

Nowadays people throw terms around a lot, so I can accept that the modern definition he is using is likely used by many people that would call themselves liberals but are not, at least with respect to the historical definition of that term.

[–]cybitch[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What do you think about the article's claim, though - that there's a correlation between intelligence and embracing novel ideas? Personally, I don't think the modern day American left embraces much of anything that goes against their ideology, but they do seem to be all for embracing the outgroup - foreigners and people of different races. On the other hand, you could argue that political ideology is what defines the new outgroup, and leftists are definitely not embracing them.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What do you think about the article's claim, though - that there's a correlation between intelligence and embracing novel ideas?

Well that sort of complicates the thesis given the ideas of liberalism saturate every part of our media, our educational system and our political life. In other words liberalism isn't novel it's the 'sea we swim in' therefore current day liberals aren't that intelligent on that metric. Fascism is a novel idea that one has to seek out and no one is exposed to -- except to hiss at like a villain in a silent movie.

Embracing an outgroup in this day and age isn't a 'novel' idea either it's practically illegal not to do in many European cultures.

[–]cybitch[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, this occurred to me as well. The truly novel ideas these days aren't going to be ones you'll see people chanting on tv.