posted by leo
on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 05:35
Rick Perlstein in his "inaugural post" as a blogger over at The Nation gives the following definition of liberalism:
In the 1930s, a congressman named Maury Maverick defined liberalism in three words: "Freedom plus groceries." That's how I define it, too. Liberalism is a both/and philosophy. There is no freedom without groceries. There are no groceries without freedom. What people call "capitalism" and "socialism" are actually one and inseparable. It's a virtuous circle.
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