I generally do not quote words I looked up on the Internet. When I do I usually put it in quotation marks. My knowledge comes from just knowing it.
The reason for the “egalitarianism(resources should be shared equally)” is that I thought it may be a quick concise way to convey to our readers that did not understand that word entirely that were too lazy or that could not be “bothered” to look it up. But it seems you have forced my hand on that one little word and have drawn us off topic yet again.
The egalitarian doctrines are basically a philosophy that all people are equal in economic and social status and advocates the removal of ALL inequalities and decentralization of power(i.e. less government). In order for people to treated “equally” resources, economic or otherwise, must be shared.
Now, we will go with my original quote.
“Liberalism indicates a commitment to the school of thought of the political left. This includes holding ideals such as egalitarianism (resources should be shared equally), embracing social change, questioning tradition, and distrusting authority.”
This would be called egalitarian liberalism which is the most prominent type of liberalism in modern United States, as opposed to classical liberalism which advocates civil liberties and economic & political freedoms.
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Your knowledge comes from just knowing it? I'm kind of curious how that works. Were you born with the knowledge of how liberalism is defined? Any other useful tidbits of information knocking around? This weeks winning lottery numbers perhaps. All joking aside, that is ludicrous; you know it, I know it. I think it's pretty safe to say that while you might not recall where you learned about it, something and/or someone definitely shaped your notion of it.
I'm sorry to make you define/clarify a term that
you used in
your argument, but a discussion of liberalism in a thread about censorship and freedom of speech is far from being "drawn.. off topic yet again" as you claim. Egalitarianism has far more to do with the individual rights of citizens than it does with the redistribution of wealth. That is not to say that some form of egalitarian principles are used (in theory) by communist states, for example, but I would hardly claim Communist China as an egalitarian state. Those principles are a story spun by those with power and authority to convince the masses that such a system benefits everyone. What a sham!
I'm curious what you consider to be "the egalitarian doctrines", as it sounds as though they define the term in a different way than I have come to know it. As mentioned above, the term typically has more to do with individual rights than leveling all differences in economic status. It generally focuses on having non-discriminatory laws and equal access to public institutions for all.
It's odd that while describing the political left, liberalism and egalitarianism that you mention that school of thought wanting less government. Typically, the left is associated with
more government; the right is for
less government. Think of the Tea Party movement in the US.
Anyways, this is all in good fun. I'm pretty sure you view discourse the same way, even when butting heads.