If you happen to look up ‘’Liberalism” on google, the first result to pop up is the Wikipedia and according to Wikipedia, the definition of liberalism is as follows:
“Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equality. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but most liberals support such fundamental ideas as constitutions, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights, free trade, secularism, and the market economy.”
It’s odd that these ideals coincide with the same principles that I hold. But I’m a conservative! So why is there such an antagonistic difference between the “classic liberalism” and the “modern liberalism?”
I truly believe that the inconsistencies between the multiple definitions of liberalism can be contributed to the sheer fact that people cannot think for themselves. The past several generations have been brainwashed into thinking this way. Think about it… everything we do is all about conformity! Everything we do is scrutinized, poked and prodded from the day we set foot in the classroom! If you’re lucky, you can get through it with some sense of self. It’s sad to see some many people who just follow the crowd. You see, the whole system, it’s all one big mind-screw! Look at it this way, the word liberalism means freedom in and of itself, and in today’s society we use it to trick ourselves into believing we are free, but we have been so “Oprafied” that it doesn’t even register that we have been tricked. Our freedom is completely superficial!
Here are some examples of real life situations where the systems we have in place have completely locked us into this vicious cycle of conformity… First off, let’s look at the political system… There are fundamental problems when you only have a choice of only two people who are both liars and out for just themselves! Seriously if you are not too blinded by the system and actually contemplating what I’m saying, ask yourself when the last election was that WASN’T the lesser of two evils… Now let’s look at some social systems… we have a welfare system that rewards failure and encourages the poor to stay poor. What kind of freedom is that? There is not sense of self respect anymore. Kids growing up in the “bad” part of town have no chance! They are taught from the beginning that the government will provide for them, so no need to excel in anything. Is that the kind of freedom and equality you want for this country? Look at our school systems. They are government run and only teach the kids what they want to make good conforming students. If you are a skeptic of mine, right now you are probably thinking “ya right Jonny” I got a great education! Let me ask you this then… if being liberal means believing in constitutions, why didn’t we ever learn about WHY the constitution was written? Sure we can recite the amendments and so on, but how many of you can tell me the ideas behind why the constitution was written the way it was? What the principals that the founding fathers had were? I bet very few of you out there have no knowledge of these principals.
The point of all this is to show everyone that the government we have in place right now and for the past several decades goes against EVERYTHING in the ideology of classic Liberalism. All of the beliefs listed above are under attack from the so called “Liberals.” I hope that if you have made it this far reading this you are as convinced as I am that something needs to be done! We NEED to learn as much as we can about the principals this country was founded on and truly put classical liberalism back in place. If you have read this far and believe I’m just one of those crazy conservative people, then I’m sorry friend, your mind is a victim of the system itself and there is probably no hope for you unless you open your mind to new ideas. Please do. It will help everyone!
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