Liberal or Progressive?

[Laelth]

23. Liberal.

I am a capitalist who seeks to use the power of government to save capitalism from its own excesses through sharing the benefits of capitalism more equally throughout all segments of this society.

Plus, here's what Ian Welsh says about liberalism:

Liberalism, in its classic form, is, among other things, the proposition that you get more out of people if you treat them well. Conservatism is the proposition that you get more out of people if you treat them badly.

Post war Liberalism was a giant experiment in “treat people well”. The Reagan/Thatcher counter-revolution was a giant experiment in “treat people worse”. The empirical result is this: the rich are richer and more powerful in a society that treats people like shit, but a society which treats people well has a stronger economy, all other things being equal, than one that treats them badly.

http://www.ianwelsh.net/the-logic-of-the-surveillance-state/

-Laelth