[FRIAM] Liberal dilemmas

[Roger Critchlow]

SEPTEMBER 2ND 2021
*The Economist* this week

Highlights from the latest issue
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Our cover this week warns that classical liberalism is under threat
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One danger comes from the Trumpian right. The attack from the left is more
surprising and harder to grasp. On the face of it illiberal progressives
and classical liberals like *The Economist *want many of the same things.
Both believe that people should be able to flourish whatever their
sexuality or race. They share a suspicion of authority and entrenched
interests. They believe in the desirability of change. And yet the two
camps could hardly disagree more over how to make progress. Classical
liberals believe that the best way to navigate disruptive change in a
divided world is through a universal commitment to individual dignity, open
markets and limited government. The illiberal left prefers to enforce
ideological purity, by no-platforming their enemies and cancelling allies
who have transgressed. The stakes could hardly be higher.

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