This movie must really anger Democrats
Complete state Totalitarian control. A duped and clueless society. Then, some jerk has to go and ruin that Democratic Party utopia.
shareThe founding fathers were very much liberal and the framework of the U.S has the basis of liberalism, just look at the bill of rights or any other founding documents. If you do not adhere to the principles of liberalism, you are not a liberal. On the political spectrum, there is indeed a left and right liberal (libertarian) and what we see today is the authoritarian right and left take over and polarized the country. Many self labeled or ascribed liberals are not actually liberals but are most likely a progressive.
Liberal: Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality... Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas and programs such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, free markets, civil rights, democratic societies, secular governments, and international cooperation. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism)
Liberal Principles;
Individualism: Personal Liberty, Equal opprotunity
Rule of Law
Economic Freedom: free markets, laissez-faire
Freedom of Expression: freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, freedom of press, freedom of thought
Political Freedom
Deomocracy
To say that any/only one political party that has ever upheld those values would be dishonest.
For progressives, i refer you to this youtube video which illustrates what a progressive is and why it contradicts liberalism. I really dont want to write a whole wall of text about it and the guy makes an intellectually informative discussion on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFnd6IS0DrY
Also this further elaborates on the difference, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH0mPfR-K2U
Progressives do not really uphold the principles of liberalism and their ideology mirrors that of Marx's theories and the perpetuation of critical theory . There are to many examples to illustrate why and i don't know where to start.
The democratic party is awash of progressives and have taken over the party. Its to the point where the liberal left is now ostracized and no longer seen as a democrat and sometimes as a republican. The democratic party presidential debate is a pure example on how progressive they are..
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Jonas, who is eleven years old, is apprehensive about the upcoming Ceremony of Twelve, where he will be assigned his career or his "assignment in the community". In his society, little privacy is allowed; even private houses have two-way intercoms which can be used to listen in for infractions of the rules...Jonas learns that the Community engineered a society of "sameness" ...giving their memories away, embracing "sameness", and using "climate control".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver
In his "community", which is under extreme control, there is no suffering, hunger, war, and also no color, music, or love. Everything is controlled by "the Elders," who are looked upon in a very positive light, though they control who will marry whom, where children are placed, and what everyone will be "assigned" as a career. The people in the community do not have the freedom to choose.
The movie mirrors collectivism,central planning,expropriation of the expropriators (Marxism at its core) and critical theory.
The OP is right to an extent, it does in fact outline the Utopian world of the authoritarian left. It is important to distinguish what part of the political spectrum it represents though.
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The Founders were classical liberals - the polar opposite to today's leftist progressives, who have hijacked the term "liberal".
This is not a new topic.
Why would the progs of hollywierd make a movie about a progressive society that has to fall apart in the end? This is the society todays progs want but the movies always end with the society or government crumbling.
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