the remaining differences are mostly about aesthetics and not about the use of violence to maintain hegemony

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      Gladly, liberalism: a political doctrine that takes protecting and enhancing the freedom of the individual to be the central problem of politics. Liberals typically believe that government is necessary to protect individuals from being harmed by others, but they also recognize that government itself can pose a threat to liberty.

      “Can you use it in a sentence?”

      Gladly: Liberalism emphasizes individual freedoms, democratic governance, and the protection of civil rights.

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        The phrase “money is speech” refers to the Supreme Court’s interpretation that spending money in political campaigns is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment. This concept was notably established in the 2010 case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts on political advocacy.

        This is what liberalism does. Wealth inequality inevitably unbalances any sense of liberty in material reality over time. It is the ideology of capitalism that is destroying community, humanity and the biosphere and climate.