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Week 2_Discussion 1_Pol Science

Week 2_Discussion 1_Pol Science

Q Question: The term liberalism, when applied to governments, is very different from the term liberal in America. Where liberalism implies a limited government, here in the United States a liberal is not usually seen as supporting a smaller government. This can be very confusing. In an effort to better understand these various meanings, we need to explore the variations within liberalism itself. So who would like to explain how modern liberalism varies from classical liberalism? In addition, in what ways is classical liberalism similar to conservatism today?

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There are many ideologies that are considered to stem from deeper political theories. Liberalism in general can be defined as a society that needs to be free in all possible ways from the governmental interferences. It can be said that after reading the textbook and to know more about the topic, my knowledge for the concept of liberalism has been broadened. As read in the textbook, classic liberalism had a bigger goal of having a free society and the government did not have much interference for the decisions. It never focused on issues related to wages, starvation and the classic liberals placed great store in contracts.