Rhetorically, liberalism is positioned between socialism and fascism on a continuous spectrum, but in reality these are all completely distinct ideologies with some areas of overlapping features.
Extremism is mostly a rough measure of how likely you will concede ideological ground in favor of pragmatic considerations.
Liberals are extremists with regards to “rule of law” as they will never support circumventing this to overthrow the ruling class, knowing full well that their system is incapable of enforcing rule of law on the ruling class or guaranteeing civil rights against the interests of the ruling class.
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Rhetorically, liberalism is positioned between socialism and fascism on a continuous spectrum, but in reality these are all completely distinct ideologies with some areas of overlapping features.
Extremism is mostly a rough measure of how likely you will concede ideological ground in favor of pragmatic considerations.
Liberals are extremists with regards to “rule of law” as they will never support circumventing this to overthrow the ruling class, knowing full well that their system is incapable of enforcing rule of law on the ruling class or guaranteeing civil rights against the interests of the ruling class.