Comments by "josh fritz" (@joshfritz5345) on "A Guide to American Liberalism" video.

  1. I have to say, the modern left in the US has largely abandoned liberalism. The progressive movement is decidedly collectivist and anti-liberal in nature, and even appears to have strong socialist and even fascist tendencies. The result of the abandoning of liberal principles by the left has led to "post liberals" fleeing the traditionally liberal, but now increasingly illiberal Democrat party and forming an alliance with center-right conservatives. Indeed, it could even be argued that conservatives are now synonymous with liberals as modern conservatives are fighting (albeit not always effectively) to preserve liberal institutions from the illiberal progressive movement. For anyone who believes that progressivism is liberal, keep in mind that the progressive movement is pushing racial segregation (segregated dorms, race based hiring practices) censorship, and restriction of a wide swath of rights such as the rights to privacy and freedom of speech. The progressive movement seeks to use the power of state institutions to enforce the woke ideology, and punish those who dissent from it. It's not quite nationalism, and it's not quite religious zeal, but some strange hybrid thereof. Indeed, the progressive movement has become so ruthless in upholding it's ideology that it seeks to punish severely anyone who engages in otherwise minor crimes such as misgendering a trans person or simply not caring about the category (race, sex, orientation, etc.) of others. It's a strange perversion of harm reduction that has become a religiously upheld dogma, held together by a common sense of unity among the far left progressive movement, and rigorously enforced.
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