But classical liberalism was always opposed to the protectionist Toryism, people like Ricardo, Smith and Mill were seen as dangerous extremists by a lot of the traditional ruling classes.
By any sane definition, the classical liberals were the radical left wingers of their age. Which is why the left/right terminology is effectively useless (and why I'm being deliberately provocative, not something I've done for ages).
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Re: Also, in response to your headline:
Date: 2008-Sep-16, Tuesday 10:13 (UTC)By any sane definition, the classical liberals were the radical left wingers of their age. Which is why the left/right terminology is effectively useless (and why I'm being deliberately provocative, not something I've done for ages).