I'm increasingly sceptical of (most streams of) liberalism, because of the centrality of market freedom, which often comes at the expense of political freedom. The result is that liberals regularly capitulate to the far right, when the alternative is socialism. That happened with Mussolini and Hitler, and is happening again today. AfD and Fidesz both started out as liberal parties. The UK Liberals went in with the Tories, even as the latter drifted from centre-right to far right. Macron has repeatedly tried to put together a government reliant on Le Pen rather than deal with the left.
As a point in the other direction, I plan to read Matt McManus on liberal socialism, to see how he addresses these issues
I'm increasingly sceptical of (most streams of) liberalism, because of the centrality of market freedom, which often comes at the expense of political freedom. The result is that liberals regularly capitulate to the far right, when the alternative is socialism. That happened with Mussolini and Hitler, and is happening again today. AfD and Fidesz both started out as liberal parties. The UK Liberals went in with the Tories, even as the latter drifted from centre-right to far right. Macron has repeatedly tried to put together a government reliant on Le Pen rather than deal with the left.
As a point in the other direction, I plan to read Matt McManus on liberal socialism, to see how he addresses these issues