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The Problems with Classical Liberalism

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4.82.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 133 Classical Liberalism is in trouble. We can all see that. With it, the nations that have incorporated it as their operating model are also in trouble. We can all see that too. Today, post-liberal movements on both the Left and the putative Right see these problems and are calling for Classical Liberalism's demise. But do they see the problems we face clearly and accurately? James Lindsay, host of the New Discourses Podcast, thinks they do not, and in this episode, he breaks down what they're missing and the major problems Classical Liberalism faces as we make our way deeper into the twenty-first century. First, it's under deliberate attack from an attempted global Communist Revolution. Second, we can't defend it because we aren't even clear about what it is. Third, three deep and important philosophical questions demand answering in order to carry the philosophy of Individual Rights and Liberty into our increasingly technological and digital age. Join him to break through the conceptual fog and to start facing the real problems threatening us and to turn away from fighting shadows. Get James Lindsay's book, The Marxification of Education: https://amzn.to/3RYZ0tY Support New Discourses: https://newdiscourses.com/support Follow New Discourses on other platforms: https://newdiscourses.com/subscribe Follow James Lindsay: https://linktr.ee/conceptualjames © 2023 New Discourses. All rights reserved. #NewDiscourses #JamesLindsay #Liberalism

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0:00.0

The Hey everybody it's James Lindsay you're listening to the new discourses podcast and we got

0:25.2

to talk about the problems with classical liberalism this isn't going to be the

0:30.1

podcast that some of you that it would have tuned in based on the title

0:33.2

the problems with classical liberalism isn't going to be the podcast that you

0:36.8

think it's going to be I'm not about to go cutting down on classical liberalism or

0:41.2

do some weird turncoat kind of thing.

0:44.2

As you might have hoped if you're in that category

0:47.5

or as you might have feared if you have been following me

0:50.3

and like what I do to defend our liberty.

0:55.4

But the fact of the matter is that for a variety of reasons, including the March of

1:01.0

time and thus the changes in technology.

1:05.8

Classical liberalism needs a little help.

1:09.3

It was formulated in the 1700s by and large and it turns out that things are a little

1:18.2

different than they were in the 1700s now I don't think human beings are

1:22.4

significantly different, but our the way that most of us

1:26.8

live, our communication capacity, our transportation capacity, lots of things have actually

1:32.2

changed in a very profound way.

1:35.0

Just as a very simple example in the United States, when it was founded in the late 18th century,

1:40.0

95% of the population were small-scale farmers.

1:45.0

It turns out that that's like 1% of the population now,

1:49.0

and more than half of us live in urban areas.

1:52.0

This is a completely different situation, but does it necessitate

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