it seems to me that before 1945 laissez-faire ideology was not an especially prominent proponent of "liberalism," whose adherents (following Halévy) often described themselves as "not socialists." It was only the Cold War, when "not socialism" had to be given content, ...
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I see Lippmann as essentially a transitional figure navigating the move from Progressive Era to Cold War era
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Yes, he saw himself as such too. He helped coin the term liberal in its current usage to differentiate himself from his progressive contemporaries.https://twitter.com/kcm74/status/719935293084864512?t=ENc7JOM_47vPFeNRPfHTFQ&s=19 …
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Lippmann was ahead of his time. He was basically the model for today's vox shitposter. (Thread below).https://twitter.com/kcm74/status/719931533960855552?t=pyXKtDhrAPHQHg-6JTWmmg&s=19 …
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Yeah, I think that's right, the first of the contrarian liberals. Doesn't reflect well on him.
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