Thermos aquaticus
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Good journalism does exist out there, but you are right in that we have to wade through all of the muck to find it. Democracies only work when there is an engaged citizenry, and that is true now more than ever.
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Good journalism does exist out there, but you are right in that we have to wade through all of the muck to find it. Democracies only work when there is an engaged citizenry, and that is true now more than ever.
And again I agree. But I'm not a modern liberal. At seventy, I'm not a "modern" anything. I'm much more of a classic liberal, in the Locke, Mill and Adams sense, and hence nowadays more conservative than many conservatives. How's that for a conundrum?
But really, classical liberal thinking extols (when possible, and constrained only when necessary), personal, social, economic and political freedom. That's about where I'm coming from.
Did another gibe make you feel larger? Better? More important? Then I hope you enjoy the feeling.
I wouldn't accuse you of being a modern liberal.
And I too identify as a classical liberal, although not on RF.
The reason is that RF staff equate it with "conservative".
I think that's wrong.
I also identify as Jeffersonian liberal (but with less miscegenation & slave holding).
PureX
Veteran Member
Engaged is one thing, but now days it requires an obsession to wade through all the deliberate lies and misinformation to find real and accurate news. And there are a lot of people that have never been taught how to do it. Keeping people poorly educated and distracted is a deliberate and significant factor in the rise of plutocracy.
Very well said! Thank you.
Trump lost the popular vote by more than 1 million. Granted some of those who voted for him were duped into believing their life would improve, but others, knowing full well he was a 'moron' nevertheless he was their vehicle to the Supreme Court. The result of one issue voting and the result of not bothering to vote.