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otto, most people today consider the term liberal to mean the social liberalism of today. Classic liberalism is a different creature, which is why it's considered "classic."
Classic liberalism is mostly about the individual, whereas social liberalism considers the role of the state as important.
To me, the Democratic party is mostly centrist or Third Way. Bill Clinton marked a shift for the Dems.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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