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To: Bluegrass Federalist

I heard about Hayek on a history channel about Reagan and Thatcher. I read his book. I had to relearn the definition of “Liberal” and had trouble with translating his terms as terms have changed over the years. His concepts have not changed and are applicable today


8 posted on 07/24/2007 8:28:30 AM PDT by tobyone
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To: tobyone

When Hayek says “Liberal”, he means a classical liberal, which is, to a modern American, a conservative.

See the 3nd quote on my FR home page, the two-paragraph one by Hayek, for an example. He talks about “the liberal of the old type” “who really believe in individual freedom”.


24 posted on 07/31/2007 9:34:57 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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