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Jonathan Rauch's, in a book that's prescient, written in 1992, it's called 'Kindly Inquisitors,' explains liberalism in a very succinct way. He says it's two principles: Nobody gets the final say and nobody has special authority.
The Gnostic Parasite | Dr. James Lindsay
Sovereign Nations
Liberalism is the project of keeping society upright without anybody grabbing the Reign of Power, that they can become a tyrant. That's the project and the reason is simple, because whatever God means we're not that.
The Gnostic Parasite | Dr. James Lindsay
Sovereign Nations
“Mr. Rearden,” said Francisco, his voice solemnly calm, “if you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders—what would you tell him to do?” “I . . . don’t know. What . . . could he do? What would you tell him?” “To shrug.”
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