Liberalism has come to be seen as a conservative ideology but its roots are based in Russeau and the French Revolution, focused on individual freedom and limited government. Matt McManus argues that “Cold War” liberals reshaped it to favor elites and stifle more radical calls for equality. Liberalism’s true heritage is rooted in a commitment to social justice and egalitarianism, advocating for a version of liberalism that extends democratic principles and counters the populist revival.“Our ideal of ultimate improvement went far beyond Democracy, and would class us decidedly under the general designation of Socialists. While we repudiated with the greatest energy that tyranny of society over the individual which most Socialistic systems are supposed to involve, we yet looked forward to a time when society will no longer be divided into the idle and the industrious; when the rule that they who do not work shall not eat, will be applied not to paupers only, but imparti…

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