Edit: Are you from the US? Because sometimes in the US they refer to “social liberalism” as liberalism. If so then the arguments you are trying to make make far more sense. Vis à vis social liberalism. From Wikipedia

In Europe and North America, the establishment of social liberalism(often called simply liberalism in the United States)

Previous comment: Oh my god. No it isn’t. Liberalism is a political philsophy based on enlightenment ideals.

Like Locke’s social contract theory, hence the idea (that often fails in practice) of “consent of the governed”.

Liberalism did give us the declaration of human rights. It also gave us capitalism. It’s a complex ideology that has been dominant in the west for the past couple centuries. It is not synonymous with “Human rights”, and it is not the only ideology that claims to promote them.

Plenty of anti-capitalist ideologies arguably promote them more.

And famous liberals throughout history have been slave owners. So please please learn nuance.

Dude when did I ever say I’m anti human rights???

This conversation is so frustrating its like talking to a wall.

I have a hard time believing your good faith. Are you seriously arguing there’s no pro-human rights ideology except liberalism?

Liberalism ≠ Human Rights

If so please please learn about political philosophy. There’s a lot more than “liberals” and “conservatives”.

Liberalism promotes capitalism. Which isn’t great for human rights.

So no, criticising liberalism as an ideology, built upon capitalist and statist-nationalist ideals does not make me an evil person trying to “catch the smurfs”.

Here’s a free (except for materials ofc) DIY peer reviewed Design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsi-Rosenthal_Box

It also significantly lowers COVID spread which is always nice.

Arguable that things have improved for poor people in the last 50 years. In relative terms they are objectively far worse off. And native Americans were arguably better off in the early colonial days pre-manifest destiny. I know US liberalism loves the myth of linear progress. But I think it isn’t necessarily accurate.

Almost like the local place where people live, where people see others face to face, should be where most the important decisions are made. Not by some elite country or provincial politicians.

Nah it doesn’t. It’s possible to criticise a party without people automatically thinking it means I support a fascist party. This two party thinking has to stop. They both deserve a fuckload of criticism.

They should rebrand to the “Work or Starve” party.

It’s also the party who willingly sent hundreds of thousands of disabled people including children into poverty. So not too off brand either.

Reminder that the government is spending ridiculous money like this to accommodate the absurd whims of the elite while disabled homeless people are starving to death in droves.

Repost of https://lemmy.cafe/post/21536162

Thanks. I now realise that the Gothard Base Tunnel was only completed after the book was released. Which explains why it wasn’t mentioned.

Interesting. Any particular reason the channel tunnel would last longer than say the Gotthard Base Tunnel?

I guess the gotthard is in the alps so landslides and rockfalls?

The concept for the book is such a cool one.

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