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bloodfart@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Do you think the philosophy of liberalism can be separated from the atomized individual acting in a market?

Those ideas underpin all philosophical liberalism that I’m aware of. We can’t have liberal social relations or philosophy without a market to act as a replacement for the often feudal social relations and theocratic philosophy that existed before liberalism.

Consider Protestantism if you want a great example. It was only possible because the market allowed a class of people access to a new social relation and they needed a new system of beliefs that fit it.

You can’t separate any part of liberalism from the elevated position of the market.

I’m really not trying to be aggressive or only make pithy, in your words mic drop replies. The question you asked is very broad and I’m not able to summarize it without glossing over lots of stuff. I also don’t have the time to type, source, check, proofread and edit a reply that covers the last 800 years.

Like I said, if you want something more specific or that you’re familiar with just name it and we can talk in those terms.

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