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« Reply #25 on: September 07, 2011, 04:14:56 AM »
The US founding fathers were classical liberals rather than modern liberals.

Generally:

Classical liberals - not okay with government involvement in economy or in people's personal lives (pretty similar to libertarians but maybe they don't go as far)

Modern liberals - okay with government involvement in economy but not okay with government involvement in people's personal lives
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« Reply #26 on: September 07, 2011, 02:12:44 PM »
Quote from: greenforest32 on September 07, 2011, 04:14:56 AM
The US founding fathers were classical liberals rather than modern liberals.

Generally:

Classical liberals - not okay with government involvement in economy or in people's personal lives (pretty similar to libertarians but maybe they don't go as far)

Modern liberals - okay with government involvement in economy but not okay with government involvement in people's personal lives

Classical liberals=ftmp, libertarians but not all classic libs(look at Thomas Hobbes for instance).
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The Mikado
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« Reply #27 on: September 07, 2011, 02:20:37 PM »
Stop talking.
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« Reply #28 on: September 07, 2011, 03:08:59 PM »
Also, there was a welfare state in Tudor England.
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