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a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom
liberalism had always claimed to stand for the greatest social good
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Continue reading … 'CENSORED OURSELVES' – Former Canadian party head says White workers rejected liberalism after being 'betrayed' by its policies.
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Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Schmidt, then the chairman of Google, was an avatar of technocratic liberalism.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Yet its reaction against liberalism mirrors certain dynamics in the United States.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Like its fellow Oscar villains Crash and Green Book, Emilia Pérez fell into the gap between Hollywood liberalism and online liberalism.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
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Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Schmidt, then the chairman of Google, was an avatar of technocratic liberalism.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Yet its reaction against liberalism mirrors certain dynamics in the United States.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Like its fellow Oscar villains Crash and Green Book, Emilia Pérez fell into the gap between Hollywood liberalism and online liberalism.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Liberalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liberalism. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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