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To Mr.El-far - A Reader

- To Mr.El-far

العدد: 18122

A Reader

2009 / 4 / 11 - 23:29
التحكم: الحوار المتمدن

The author clearly means liberalism, as is commonly referred to in the Arab world, which calls for laissez faire economics, total elimination of the welfare state, and a quasi-fascist oligarchic system, which provides for exchange of power, freedom of speech, etc only among the ruling junta, while denying those very rights to the rest. It roughly corresponds to neo-conservatism in the U.S, Tories in the U.K, and, finds its theoretical basis in the writings of Leo Strauss. Of course he doesn’t mean Liberalism in the U.S sense of expanding the welfare state, increasing the reach of civil rights and liberties, as well as curbing the excesses of big businesses via increasing taxation, and regulation. This “American” version of liberalism finds its representation in the Old British labor party, as well as the left wing of the U.S democratic party which happens to currently occupy the white house. He doesn’t mean the social libertarians (the anarchists) either, who were never called liberals, so while I understand your passion about their cause (which I share with you), I think the author

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