So complete political disenfranchisement of the individual is a hallmark of "classical liberal culture"?
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Replying to @paulcurrion
Actually, yes. That's why Hong Kong is still a roughly classical liberal society. Mass enfranchisement is almost definition of illiberalism.
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Replying to @paulcurrion
Your articulacy is not on an upward curve at this point.
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Replying to @Outsideness
Articulacy isn't judged by using long words, but by communicating as effectively as possible. Thus, "bullshit".
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Replying to @paulcurrion
You think indiscriminate mass enfanchisement is classically liberal. I think it kills classical liberalism. ...
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Replying to @Outsideness
I didn't make that argument. I'm merely pointing out that it's tought to reconcile "classical liberal culture" with genocide and slavery.
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In reality you are merely recreating the Whig view of history, except you think we're on the down escalator.
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Replying to @Outsideness
But the Whigs abolished slavery, so presumably they weren't classical liberals?
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The question is about enfranchisement, not manumission. Slavery is an economically defective institution.
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Replying to @Outsideness
The Anti Slavery Act wasn't justified on economic grounds, but on moral-philosophical grounds, so your argument is irrelevant.
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Replying to @paulcurrion
Autism deficiency has always been the Anglosphere's greatest weakness.
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