Liberalism

Liberalism is an ideology, political philosophy, and general philosophy that traces its roots to the beginning of industrialization in the British Empire as well as the European Enlightenment.

"Liberal" is more colloquially understood, in American politics, to entail either:

1. a set of social views (i.e. social liberalism, progressivism, and leftism)
2. a set of economic views (i.e. classical liberalism, neoliberalism, and market libertarianism)

However, Infrared's analysis of history reveals that these economic and social theories are both equally vestiges of the original enlightenment philosophies of the British Empire, and that its inevitable conclusion is the mass production of genocide, usury, and slavery.

Origins

Although traditionally John Locke is named as the founder of Liberalism, the roots of Locke's philosophy and political beliefs can be traced back to Niccolò Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) and the spread of Republicanism within Great Britain. This connection hinges on a pro-Republican interpretation of Machiavelli that was accidentally spread by the Anti-Machiavellian English scholar Reginald Pole, who, when in Florence, reported rumors from their mutual acquaintances that The Prince was written to cause the overthrow of the Medici family.

Philosophical History