Liberalism 3

It is true that liberalism, as it used in the 2007 American lexicon, has little if anything to do with the above definition. In fact, the modern American left forwards an agenda that is very nearly the antithesis of this. American leftists of today do not believe in progress- they live in the past, pining away for the good old days of "hell no we won't go". It is inconceivable that they believe in the goodness of the human race, as they thrive off of division and the victim mentality. They MOST CERTAINLY do not believe in the autonomy of the idividual. They forward an agenda that fosters the perceived need for big brother government, in which the only "good" is a supposed collective good. And finally, they only believe in civil liberties to the extent abortion can be used as a means of birth control and illegals can suck off of the American welfare system.