I do think it may happen. Seems like human societies only learn after a self-inflicted implosion. Religious tolerance only came after the destructive religious wars. Liberal values came after the French revolution and Napoleonic wars. Europe only became united and decolonisation occured after two world wars. Now, we are on the war between haves and have-nots. So, I think social equality will come after it becomes worse.
It’s a complex ideology to parse and there will be nuance in explaining some of liberalism’s facets that are successful while others failed.
Liberal social values of inclusivity is still strong. When surveyed, most people are accepting of lgbt, diversity and other socially progressive values. It is the tiny loud bigoted minority who are amplified and making it as though they want regression. But the individualist value, in my opinion, failed a lot of people on both social and economic aspects. Its promotion of nonconformity and individual competition went out of hand. We have loneliness epidemic because community is declining. Liberal economics that is capitalism promotes a fierce, dog-eat-dog competition; those who get to the top first, kick down the ladder or eat whoever follows. Both the loneliness epidemic and economic unequality are the byproducts of liberalism’s downside. Those who are left behind by excessive individualism and the capitalist economy are vulnerable to the manipulation by the far right.
According to Star Trek, we need to have a nuclear war first.
I do think it may happen. Seems like human societies only learn after a self-inflicted implosion. Religious tolerance only came after the destructive religious wars. Liberal values came after the French revolution and Napoleonic wars. Europe only became united and decolonisation occured after two world wars. Now, we are on the war between haves and have-nots. So, I think social equality will come after it becomes worse.
What have we learned though? Seems like the lessons we learned with liberalism are forgotten. We’re sliding back into authoritarian brutality.
It’s a complex ideology to parse and there will be nuance in explaining some of liberalism’s facets that are successful while others failed.
Liberal social values of inclusivity is still strong. When surveyed, most people are accepting of lgbt, diversity and other socially progressive values. It is the tiny loud bigoted minority who are amplified and making it as though they want regression. But the individualist value, in my opinion, failed a lot of people on both social and economic aspects. Its promotion of nonconformity and individual competition went out of hand. We have loneliness epidemic because community is declining. Liberal economics that is capitalism promotes a fierce, dog-eat-dog competition; those who get to the top first, kick down the ladder or eat whoever follows. Both the loneliness epidemic and economic unequality are the byproducts of liberalism’s downside. Those who are left behind by excessive individualism and the capitalist economy are vulnerable to the manipulation by the far right.