Hello y'all. Today marks the return of my political philosophy series. On this post, i will attempt to tackle and explain a very difficult topic. The reason this topic is hard for me to explain is that Modern Liberalism is still in practice today. This makes it hard to summarize for two reasons Reason #1: There is No Unified Position in Modern Liberalism. [url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/245813/leans-conservative-liberals-keep-recent-gains.aspx]26% of Americans claim to be liberals[/url] within that group, there are many sub-sects of modern liberalism. The reasons for this division among modern liberals will be explained later in the post, but reason number two is very similar to reason number 1 Reason #2: What it Means to Be a Modern Liberal is Changing Rapidly. We all now know with much infamy the name Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, or the name Bernie Sanders. These two names are very important to the discussion because the are pushing the modern liberal further and further too the left. Now, don't get me wrong, there are plenty of liberals who do not like either of the two, i would be one of those, but i espouse a more classical liberalism than a modern take on it. The part of this will be about distinguishing modern liberalism from classical liberalism. A lot of it has to do with their views of the role of government. All forms of liberalism believe in equality and freedom, it is a fundamental aspect of the ideology, but what divides a modern liberal from a classical liberal is the execution. Classical liberals tend to espouse the idea that reducing the government's role will create a freer, more equal society. While modern liberals believe that government is the tool to make society better. Both of those positions contain some validity, but today we are going to look deeper at the modern aspect. In modern liberalism, a primary goal is ending societal oppression. In the eyes of a fair amount of modern liberals is that oppression is one of the greatest threats to equality and freedom in society. The conventional belief is that the government is the best approach to ending oppression. This goal tends to foster policies that give favor to oppressed groups in order to balance the scales. The oppressed subject is not just limited to people, but also can mean the environment, or specific species of animals that have fallen by the wayside. As with any system, this approach has had its successes and failures. The cause of the multifaceted being of modern liberalism is that modern liberals don't all agree on which entities are oppressed, and how the government can best end the oppression. Some advocate that the market be more free, others believe that the free market is the cause of oppression and so on and so forth, then after a group selects an issue to fix, then they have to decide how to fix it. this two step process is very time intensive and very quickly divides people. I hope i explained adequately what modern liberalism is, and as always, if i messed up my summary, let me know and i will try to fix it. Cheers, HoTh