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Quote: "Modern usage and definitions In Europe and Latin America, " Should include: Japan, Australia, South korea, Russia, The whole of south-east asia. When Liberal or liberalism is used it means center-right. ~2025-32507-85 (talk)

The term "welfare state" in the opening is a rather biased term. I'm not suggesting it be removed but that some additional commentary be added to it, e.g.,"In Europe and North America, the establishment of social liberalism . . . became a key component in Rawls' theory of liberalism that argues the need for economic safety nets for the poor which some people refer to as the "welfare state." 2601:645:A00:D50:B4BF:E483:8397:24D0 (talk) 18:19, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're assuming there's some partisan connotation to the term not actually borne out in its use: it is a very well-established term with a fairly descriptive meaning. Remsense ‥ 论 00:54, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean to suggest that the term “welfare state” is “rather biased” against the idea of the welfare state, or in favour of it? Foxmilder (talk) 02:31, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Being liberal is a political position on the political scale that is center toward the middle. The stance in the article is far left "Liberal feminism, the dominant tradition in feminist history, is an individualistic form of feminist theory that focuses on women's ability to maintain their equality through their actions and choices. Liberal feminists hope to eradicate all barriers to gender equality, claiming that the continued existence of such barriers eviscerates the individual rights and freedoms ostensibly guaranteed by a liberal social order." Please refer to the political spectrum before you radicalize the paper. thank you https://www.britannica.com/topic/political-spectrum 2603:7000:B901:8500:A50C:5B0D:F547:78DB (talk) 01:30, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You sure? [1]. YBSOne (talk) 08:52, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know what the term far left means? OmegaAOL (talk) 01:19, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Private property is distinct from personal property. The link is perhaps misleading implying personal property is the key tenet of Liberalism, incongruous with what the article actually says. Suggest re-linking to a topic on Private Property. More distinctly it is the right for non-person entities to own privatised property, rather than an individual to own personal property. 13:28, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi - I tagged this article as AI generated; this is only a suspicion and not proof, but the recent edits by Ksh.andronexus show several indications of potential LLM use and thus need review for accuracy, tone, AI-generated "original research," sourcing issues, etc. Gnomingstuff (talk) 19:14, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"with one political scientist^[who?] calling American liberalism "bootleg social democracy" "

Linked source is: Susser, Bernard. Political ideology in the modern world. Upper Saddle River: Allyn and Bacon, 1995. ISBN 0-02-418442-X. p. 110.

The original source says "American welfare liberalism has in fact been viewed as a bootleg social democracy.", the author is Bernard Susser, same as the source. That part should be edited. CloudUchiha (talk) 02:17, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]