However, I don't think pursuing responsibility is what "modern liberalism" does. It simply tries to force people into acting in ways it considers "responsible" - that is not liberal. That is authoritarian. — Tzeentch
Naturally. Wherever man is free, there exists inequality. The only way to make people more equal is to make them less free. The more equal people are made, the less free they are.
Moreover, the way governments make people equal is through the use of force. The more equal people are to be made, the more far-reaching governmental powers will have to be, and the more extreme their measures.
The question that never seems to be asked is what happens to all that power accumulation at the top. — Tzeentch
Affordable healthcare isn’t responsible? Regulations aren’t responsible? Etc. — praxis
Civil Rights means the government is divided against itself. One part tries to protect equal opportunity, equality under the law, etc. from the other part. — frank
But the pursuit of equality is anti-liberal by definition, so it makes no sense that those who campaign for ever more equality should call themselves liberal. — Tzeentch
I don't know of any definition of "liberal" that isn't essentially about equality of some kind. — frank
Responsibility is taken (up voluntarily by the individual), not imposed (through governmental threat of violence). — Tzeentch
You know that’s silly. If you actually believed that, I could go to where you live and take all your liberty by force, make you my slave, and because you’re philosophically opposed to forcing others to be responsible or whatever your hands would be self-tied and you would be a compliant slave. — praxis
I have been 15 years in the US and I don't remember a single day when liberal media did not provide some info about black people. You can search CNN at the time you read my comment, if you don't trust me. There definitely will be something about black people somewhere (it has been like that the last 15 years, and the odds are too small that it will not be the same at the time you read my comment). It's like they are trying to educate people all the time about accepting blacks, and definitely they keep making it one major political issue. — Eros1982
That suggest that you believe the Southern slave owners were being responsible in the way they conducted their businesses. — praxis
What if a business dumped toxic chemicals into a nearby river in order to avoid the cost of proper disposal and the pollution had a negative effect on the environment and the health of nearby residents, would that be responsible or irresponsible? — praxis
That would be irresponsible. — Tzeentch
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