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	=== Private property ===		=== Private property ===
	Liberalism teaches that only private property, with ~~guaruntees~~ of freedom for certain people, can ensure social harmony and human progress. Within this is the underlying assumption that common welfare results from individuals realizing their personal goals.<ref name=":0" />		Liberalism teaches that only private property, with guarantees of freedom for certain people, can ensure social harmony and human progress. Within this is the underlying assumption that common welfare results from individuals realizing their personal goals.<ref name=":0" />

	=== Free market ===		=== Free market ===

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	As the ideas of a society are the ideas of the ruling class (the bourgeoisie in capitalist societies), liberalism has become the only ''realistic'' ideology for most people living in a capitalist mode of production, as it permeates their lives from birth. It is indoctrinated into them via the media, the educational system etc.		As the ideas of a society are the ideas of the ruling class (the bourgeoisie in capitalist societies), liberalism has become the only ''realistic'' ideology for most people living in a capitalist mode of production, as it permeates their lives from birth. It is indoctrinated into them via the media, the educational system etc.

	Most people therefore do not realize that they are ideological, and that their ideology is liberalism. As they have lived their whole lives in capitalism, it is difficult for them to imagine another system (known as [[capitalist realism]]) and therefore that liberalism is the only existing or viable ideology.		Most people therefore do not realize that they are ideological, and that their ideology is liberalism. As they have lived their whole lives in capitalism, it is difficult for them to imagine another system (this is a phenomenon known as [[capitalist realism]]) and therefore that liberalism is the only existing or viable ideology.

	== Idealist component ==		== Idealist component ==

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	In modern times, liberalism remains the dominant ideology of the world at large. As it is inextricably linked to capitalism, and capitalism is the dominant mode of production, it follows that liberalism is the dominant guiding ideology in the world.		In modern times, liberalism remains the dominant ideology of the world at large. As it is inextricably linked to capitalism, and capitalism is the dominant mode of production, it follows that liberalism is the dominant guiding ideology in the world.

	As the ideas of a society are the ideas of the ruling class (the bourgeoisie in capitalist societies), liberalism has become the only ''realistic'' ideology for most people living in a ~~capitalism~~ mode of production, as it permeates their lives from birth. It is indoctrinated into them via the media, the educational system etc.		As the ideas of a society are the ideas of the ruling class (the bourgeoisie in capitalist societies), liberalism has become the only ''realistic'' ideology for most people living in a capitalist mode of production, as it permeates their lives from birth. It is indoctrinated into them via the media, the educational system etc.

	Most people therefore do not realize that they are ideological, and that their ideology is liberalism. As they have lived their whole lives in capitalism, it is difficult for them to imagine another system (known as [[capitalist realism]]) and therefore that liberalism is the only existing or viable ideology.		Most people therefore do not realize that they are ideological, and that their ideology is liberalism. As they have lived their whole lives in capitalism, it is difficult for them to imagine another system (known as [[capitalist realism]]) and therefore that liberalism is the only existing or viable ideology.

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	* ''[[Library:Liberalism: A Counter-History\|Liberalism: A Counter-History]]''		* ''[[Library:Liberalism: A Counter-History\|Liberalism: A Counter-History]]''

			==References==
			<references />

	[[Category:Political ideology]]		[[Category:Political ideology]]
	[[Category:Right-wing ideologies]]		[[Category:Right-wing ideologies]]

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	{{Message box/Missing Sources}}{{Quote\|First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the [[white people\|white]] moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the [[African\|Negro]]'s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the [[Ku Klux Klan\|Ku Klux Klanner]], but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of [[revolution\|direct action]]"\|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]\|[[Library:Letter from Birmingham Jail\|Letter from Birmingham Jail]]\|1963}}		{{Message box/Missing Sources}}{{Quote\|First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the [[white people\|white]] moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the [[African\|Negro]]'s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the [[Ku Klux Klan\|Ku Klux Klanner]], but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of [[revolution\|direct action]]"\|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]\|[[Library:Letter from Birmingham Jail\|Letter from Birmingham Jail]]\|1963}}
	[[File:Losurdo tree liberalism.png\|thumb\|The liberal view of [[human rights]] is based on [[private property]] while the [[Marxism\|Marxist]] view is based on [[self-determination]].<ref name="Boer">{{Citation\|author=Roland Boer\|year=2021\|title=Sovereignty and Human Rights: A Comparison Between Western Liberal and Chinese Marxist Traditions\|publisher=Political Theology 23(1–2), 13–28.\|doi=10.1080/1462317X.2021.1932341}}</ref>]]		[[File:Losurdo tree liberalism.png\|thumb\|The liberal view of [[human rights]] is based on [[private property]] while the [[Marxism\|Marxist]] view is based on [[self-determination]].<ref name="Boer">{{Citation\|author=Roland Boer\|year=2021\|title=Sovereignty and Human Rights: A Comparison Between Western Liberal and Chinese Marxist Traditions\|publisher=Political Theology 23(1–2), 13–28.\|doi=10.1080/1462317X.2021.1932341}}</ref>]]
	'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[capitalism]], [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges), [[separation of church and state]], [[popular sovereignty]], and [[rule of law]]. Liberalism emerged in the [[17th Century\|17th century]] as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the [[18th Century\|18th]] and [[19th Century\|19th centuries]] in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].		'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[capitalism]], [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges), [[separation of church and state]], [[popular sovereignty]], and [[rule of law]]. Liberalism emerged in the [[17th Century\|17th century]] as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the [[18th Century\|18th]] and [[19th Century\|19th centuries]] in [[North America]] and [[Europe]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|author=I. G. Nemanov\|year=1973\|chapter=Liberalism\|chapter-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Liberalism\|title=[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]] (3rd ed.)\|volume=14\|page=396-398\|city=Moscow\|pdf=https://ia804601.us.archive.org/2/items/B-001-032-507-748-ALL/БСЭ_3изд_т14_731.pdf\|trans-title=Boljšaja sovjetskaja enciklopjedija\|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].

	== History ==		== History ==
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	=== Creation ===		=== Creation ===
	[[File:Base-superstructure Dialectic.png\|thumb\|Diagram showing how the base and superstructure relate to each other in dialectics.]]		[[File:Base-superstructure Dialectic.png\|thumb\|Diagram showing how the base and superstructure relate to each other in dialectics.]]
	Liberalism developed as an ideology and was adopted by members of society as capitalism (or the premises of capitalism) developed. This is generally exemplified by the [[base and superstructure]]; as the material conditions develop and factories emerge, there is a need for the superstructure to provide the institutions required for the base to survive. Since capitalism requires the free market to exist, there needed to be a guiding ideology that would allow the free market to exist and justify the existence of capitalism, the base.		Liberalism developed as an ideology and was adopted by members of society as capitalism (or the premises of capitalism) developed. This is generally exemplified by the [[base and superstructure]]; as the material conditions develop and factories emerge, there is a need for the superstructure to provide the institutions required for the base to survive. Since capitalism requires the free market to exist, there needed to be a guiding ideology that would allow the free market to exist and justify the existence of capitalism, the base.

	Liberalism became codified during the [[Age of Enlightenment]], which lasted from about the mid 17th century to the late 18th century, and culminated perhaps with the bourgeois [[French Revolution]] of 1789. Some notable liberal theorists include [[René Descartes]], [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], or economist [[Adam Smith]].		Early on, liberalism expressed the interests of the young bourgeoisie in Western Europe against feudalism, absolutism, and clericalism.<ref name=":0" /> Liberalism became codified during the [[Age of Enlightenment]], which lasted from about the mid 17th century to the late 18th century, and culminated perhaps with the bourgeois [[French Revolution]] of 1789.<ref name=":0" /> Some notable liberal theorists include [[René Descartes]], [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], or economist [[Adam Smith]].

	In this sense, both [[Social democracy\|social-democrats]] and classical liberals, who may seem at the opposite ends of a spectrum, are liberals since both will strive towards establishing capitalism.		In this sense, both [[Social democracy\|social-democrats]] and classical liberals, who may seem at the opposite ends of a spectrum, are liberals since both will strive towards establishing capitalism.
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	== Principles ==		== Principles ==

			=== Private property ===
			Liberalism teaches that only private property, with guaruntees of freedom for certain people, can ensure social harmony and human progress. Within this is the underlying assumption that common welfare results from individuals realizing their personal goals.<ref name=":0" />

	=== Free market ===		=== Free market ===

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	In modern times, liberalism remains the dominant ideology of the world at large. As it is inextricably linked to capitalism, and capitalism is the dominant mode of production, it follows that liberalism is the dominant guiding ideology in the world.		In modern times, liberalism remains the dominant ideology of the world at large. As it is inextricably linked to capitalism, and capitalism is the dominant mode of production, it follows that liberalism is the dominant guiding ideology in the world.

	As the ideas of a society are the ideas of the ruling class (the bourgeoisie in capitalist societies), liberalism has become the only ''realistic'' ideology for most people living in a capitalism mode of production, as it permeates their lives from birth. ~~For example, electing class presidents in school shapes students~~ into ~~accepting~~ the ~~liberal republic and~~ the ~~associated electoral process~~.		As the ideas of a society are the ideas of the ruling class (the bourgeoisie in capitalist societies), liberalism has become the only ''realistic'' ideology for most people living in a capitalism mode of production, as it permeates their lives from birth. It is indoctrinated into them via the media, the educational system etc.

	Most people therefore do not realize that they are ideological, and that their ideology is liberalism. As they have lived their whole lives in capitalism, it is difficult for them to imagine another system (known as [[capitalist realism]]) and therefore that liberalism is the only existing or viable ideology.		Most people therefore do not realize that they are ideological, and that their ideology is liberalism. As they have lived their whole lives in capitalism, it is difficult for them to imagine another system (known as [[capitalist realism]]) and therefore that liberalism is the only existing or viable ideology.

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	{{Message box/Missing Sources}}{{Quote\|First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the [[white people\|white]] moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the [[African\|Negro]]'s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the [[Ku Klux Klan\|Ku Klux Klanner]], but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of [[revolution\|direct action]]"\|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]\|[[Library:Letter from Birmingham Jail\|Letter from Birmingham Jail]]\|1963}}		{{Message box/Missing Sources}}{{Quote\|First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the [[white people\|white]] moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the [[African\|Negro]]'s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the [[Ku Klux Klan\|Ku Klux Klanner]], but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of [[revolution\|direct action]]"\|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]\|[[Library:Letter from Birmingham Jail\|Letter from Birmingham Jail]]\|1963}}
	[[File:Losurdo tree liberalism.png\|thumb\|The liberal view of [[human rights]] is based on [[private property]] while the [[Marxism\|Marxist]] view is based on [[self-determination]].<ref name="Boer">{{Citation\|author=Roland Boer\|year=2021\|title=Sovereignty and Human Rights: A Comparison Between Western Liberal and Chinese Marxist Traditions\|publisher=Political Theology 23(1–2), 13–28.\|doi=10.1080/1462317X.2021.1932341}}</ref>]]		[[File:Losurdo tree liberalism.png\|thumb\|The liberal view of [[human rights]] is based on [[private property]] while the [[Marxism\|Marxist]] view is based on [[self-determination]].<ref name="Boer">{{Citation\|author=Roland Boer\|year=2021\|title=Sovereignty and Human Rights: A Comparison Between Western Liberal and Chinese Marxist Traditions\|publisher=Political Theology 23(1–2), 13–28.\|doi=10.1080/1462317X.2021.1932341}}</ref>]]
	'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], ~~and~~ [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].		'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[capitalism]], [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges), [[separation of church and state]], [[popular sovereignty]], and [[rule of law]]. Liberalism emerged in the [[17th Century\|17th century]] as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the [[18th Century\|18th]] and [[19th Century\|19th centuries]] in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].

	== History ==		== History ==

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	[[File:Losurdo tree liberalism.png\|thumb\|The liberal view of [[human rights]] is based on [[private property]] while the [[Marxism\|Marxist]] view is based on [[self-determination]]]]		[[File:Losurdo tree liberalism.png\|thumb\|The liberal view of [[human rights]] is based on [[private property]] while the [[Marxism\|Marxist]] view is based on [[self-determination]].<ref name="Boer">{{Citation\|author=Roland Boer\|year=2021\|title=Sovereignty and Human Rights: A Comparison Between Western Liberal and Chinese Marxist Traditions\|publisher=Political Theology 23(1–2), 13–28.\|doi=10.1080/1462317X.2021.1932341}}</ref>]]
	'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], and [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].		'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], and [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].

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			[[File:Losurdo tree liberalism.png\|thumb\|The liberal view of [[human rights]] is based on [[private property]] while the [[Marxism\|Marxist]] view is based on [[self-determination]]]]
	'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], and [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].		'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], and [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].

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	'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], and [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].		'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], and [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].

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	{{Message box/Missing Sources}}{{Quote\|First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the [[white people\|white]] moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the [[African\|Negro]]'s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the [[Ku Klux Klan\|Ku Klux Klanner]], but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of [[revolution\|direct action]]"\|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]\|[[Library:Letter from Birmingham Jail\|Letter from Birmingham Jail]]\|1963}}		{{Message box/Missing Sources}}{{Quote\|First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the [[white people\|white]] moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the [[African\|Negro]]'s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the [[Ku Klux Klan\|Ku Klux Klanner]], but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of [[revolution\|direct action]]"\|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]\|[[Library:Letter from Birmingham Jail\|Letter from Birmingham Jail]]\|1963}}
	[[File:Losurdo tree liberalism.png\|thumb\|The liberal view of [[human rights]] is based on [[private property]] while the [[Marxism\|Marxist]] view is based on [[self-determination]]]]		[[File:Losurdo tree liberalism.png\|thumb\|The liberal view of [[human rights]] is based on [[private property]] while the [[Marxism\|Marxist]] view is based on [[self-determination]].<ref name="Boer">{{Citation\|author=Roland Boer\|year=2021\|title=Sovereignty and Human Rights: A Comparison Between Western Liberal and Chinese Marxist Traditions\|publisher=Political Theology 23(1–2), 13–28.\|doi=10.1080/1462317X.2021.1932341}}</ref>]]
	'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], and [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].		'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], and [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].

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	{{Message box/Missing Sources}}{{Quote\|First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the [[white people\|white]] moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the [[African\|Negro]]'s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the [[Ku Klux Klan\|Ku Klux Klanner]], but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of [[revolution\|direct action]]"\|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]\|[[Library:Letter from Birmingham Jail\|Letter from Birmingham Jail]]\|1963}}		{{Message box/Missing Sources}}{{Quote\|First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the [[white people\|white]] moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the [[African\|Negro]]'s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the [[Ku Klux Klan\|Ku Klux Klanner]], but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of [[revolution\|direct action]]"\|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]\|[[Library:Letter from Birmingham Jail\|Letter from Birmingham Jail]]\|1963}}
			[[File:Losurdo tree liberalism.png\|thumb\|The liberal view of [[human rights]] is based on [[private property]] while the [[Marxism\|Marxist]] view is based on [[self-determination]]]]
	'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], and [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].		'''Liberalism''' is an [[Idealism\|idealist]] [[ideology]] that promotes [[free market]] principles, [[individualism]], and [[fundamental rights]] (also known as [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] privileges). Liberalism emerged as the ideological component of [[capitalism]], and gained administrative power as a result of the [[Bourgeois revolution\|bourgeois revolutions]] of the 18th and 19th centuries in [[North America]] and [[Europe]]. Liberalism, the philosophy behind the [[dictatorship of the bourgeoisie]], has consistently changed over the centuries, as a result of advancement in the productive forces and the development of the [[Feudalism\|feudal]] serfdom into the industrial [[proletariat]], and has now turned into [[neoliberalism]], as a result of the consolidation of capital into the hands of the few, and to protect the [[ruling class]] from [[socialism]], which is currently in the process of replacing capitalism as the primary [[mode of production]].