Any time you see a "merciful" "liberal" policy, look around to see how they mean to use it to harm some group of "undesirable" people. They are quite clever with it, & it's frequently built into how t...
This "polite murder through bureaucracy" IS what political liberalism IS, fyi.
This is NOT what I assume when a person says they are "liberal".
I usually assume it means that they would like tax dollars used to improve people's lives, which is a sign of having empathy for others. In general I find that admirable, even though sometimes it can be more well-intentioned than actually good.
That's the general, popular use of the term, but I'm talking about liberalism as political philosophy.
This is NOT what I assume when a person says they are "liberal".
I usually assume it means that they would like tax dollars used to improve people's lives, which is a sign of having empathy for others. In general I find that admirable, even though sometimes it can be more well-intentioned than actually good.
That's the general, popular use of the term, but I'm talking about liberalism as political philosophy.
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