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Capitalism is inherently authoritarian and hierarchical, thus the antithesis of liberal.

The term has seen hijack attempts with economic “liberalism” and neo-“liberalism”.

Otherwise on point. Thank you for the excellent addition.

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Liberalism generated the concept of ‘laissez-faire’, which is the basis of modern capitalist thought. While liberal philosophy is greatly concerned with the concept of rights, it is not at all concerned with the concepts of equity or moderation, both of which must be addressed in order to challenge capitalism. You seem to have a misinformed view of what the ideology entails.

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No I do not. I just give more value to it’s essence and not the bastardizations it has been tried to associate with to benefit the power structures.

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The ‘essence’ of liberalism is capitalism.

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