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Liberalism (from the Latin liberalis, “of freedom”) is the belief in the importance of liberty and equality. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but most liberals support such fundamental ideas as constitutions, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights, free trade, secularism, and the market economy. These ideas are often accepted even among political groups that do not openly profess a liberal ideological orientation. Liberalism encompasses several intellectual trends and traditions, but the dominant variants are classical liberalism, which became popular in the 18th century, and social liberalism, which became popular in the 20th century.

Liberalism first became a powerful force in the Age of Enlightenment, rejecting several foundational assumptions that dominated most earlier theories of government, such as hereditary status, established religion, absolute monarchy, and the Divine Right of Kings. The early liberal thinker John Locke, who is often credited for the creation of liberalism as a distinct philosophical tradition, employed the concept of natural rights and the social contract to argue that the rule of law should replace absolutism in government, that rulers were subject to the consent of the governed, and that private individuals had a fundamental right to life, liberty, and property.

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ninja1234z wrote:
September 2010

XD @ all of these artists

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BradleyPinn wrote:
August 2010

When will they update the tagged artists? I've tagged some actual liberal people, but they aren't getting through.

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mari0rdinary wrote:
December 2009

strange tag.... only tag, not liberalism:D

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zumbidometal wrote:
August 2009

Who are tagging all these conservatives/republicans with this tag?

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Davebill wrote:
May 2009

XD @ Rush Limbaugh.

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