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| Source:Thom Hartmann talking about Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
"Thom rants on what Americans really want - more progressive actions in this country. He explains how even FDR new this and why Democrats should realize it now."
From Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann is right about one thing here, he's just not aware of that. America has always been a liberal country. But what does that mean? It means we are a country that's built around the principles of liberal democracy. What comes with liberal democracy are liberal values like:
Thom Hartmann is right about one thing here, he's just not aware of that. America has always been a liberal country. But what does that mean? It means we are a country that's built around the principles of liberal democracy. What comes with liberal democracy are liberal values like:
limited government
federalism
rule of law
checks and balances
fiscal responsibility
equal rights
equal justice
strong national defense
individual freedom, opportunity, and responsibility for all,
free speech, free press
property rights
freedom of choice
the right to privacy.
These aren't leftist values, they're American values and also happen to be the real liberal values that closeted Socialists (like perhaps Thom Hartmann) have never been able to accept, because they keep losing at the ballot box when they want America to go to the far-left and transform America into some type of social democracy, that we've never been. America is not a right-wing or left-wing country. We're a liberal democracy, like any other center-right country in the world.
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