In other places, “liberal” retains its original association with concern for liberty, and is comparable to the American use of “Libertarian”.
I don’t really want to get into a mindkilling debate about this here, but is at least worth noting that some modern US liberalsdispute the libertarians’ claim to be the heirs to classical liberalism.
I don’t really want to get into a mindkilling debate about this here, but is at least worth noting that some modern US liberals dispute the libertarians’ claim to be the heirs to classical liberalism.
That’s an odd claim. All the capitalist libertarians I know are Lockeans, and are well aware of those sorts of constraints.