“I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me.” George Carlin

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Maybe my position is specific to economic theories of government. I haven't studied that part of history that well, or the history of politics for that matter.

There are so many intersections in these topics where a term can confuse when it is used without sufficient context. So, my apologies for confusing "history of politics" liberalism with "economic theory of government" liberalism.

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

No prob.

The roots of the progressive movement stem from the idea that govt can be used to fix people's problems.