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Liberalism - Coggle Diagram

- - - - began as an economic philosophy turned into a social framework
        
        the best economic system for a prosperous society is a free-market economy that keeps out the government. Moreover, this is achieved by stopping the government from regulating the market and replacing government or public institutions with private ones.
  - - - Free thought (the real consequence). though there may be legal ppunishment, there is nothing stoppinng one from voluntarily speaking something.
        
        Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. famously pronounced, free speech is 'not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought of those we hate.'
        
        Modern liberalism is the 'new aristocracy' (the opression of ideas)
      - the language we speak changes our perception of the world and shapes our concepts
        
        freedom of
        
        Thought
        
        The human mind was not designed to be captivated under a perpetual childhood of prescription - each healthy individual was trusted with the gift of reason to be his own chooser, and to adequately choose one must think freely, and to think freely one must speak freely.
- - - - Free Market Capitalism
        
        Technology
        
        The Media
        
        Globalisation
        
        directs people through desire
        
        Consumerism
      - Meritocracy
      - Democracy
- - - - individuals are born free with rights, and, therefore, a free-market economy reflects and protects their liberty. Moreover, the government should not interfere with or control either free individuals or the free market.
- - - - Freedom