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Political ideologies in the United States
Political ideologies in the United States
vary considerably. Persons in the U.S. generally classify themselves either as adhering to positions along the
political spectrum
as
liberal
-
progressive
,
moderate
, or
conservative
.
Modern American liberalism
aims at the preservation and extension of human, social and
civil rights
as well as the government guaranteed provision of
positive rights
. It combines
social progressivism
and to some extent,
ordoliberalism
and is highly similar to European
social liberalism
. American conservatism commonly refers to a combination of
economic liberalism
and
libertarianism
, and to an extent,
social conservatism
. It aims at protecting the concept of
small government
, while promoting traditional values on some social issues.
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