liberalness

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  1. liberalism
  2. progressivism
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  • But conventional explanations emphasizing liberalism’s association with economic development and the rise of a middle class cannot fully account for ideological shifts.
    — Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In the nineteen-thirties—a decade of political assassinations, failed military coups, brutal invasions of China, and a hard-right reaction against the relative liberalism of the nineteen-twenties—the yakuza embraced the Zeitgeist with gusto.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
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  • Back in Leavenworth, Don Coover sought to capitalize on the newfound distrust of Republicans not by hewing to the center but by embracing a vision of rural progressivism.
    — Kyle Paoletta, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The faces of modern progressivism If the leaders of 20th-century progressivism read like a who’s who of the day, the same can be said of their 21st-century counterparts.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026
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