Theos-Talk Archives (August 2002 Message tt00046)

Larry F Kolts wrote:
> So when I ask Bart if he is using "liberal" in a purist sense, I am
> asking if he (and Leon) are harkening back to the pre-1932 definition. Or
> is it something else.

Post-1932. Frankly, post-1980's, where liberalism went from being in
support of individual freedom to being against it. 

> And , Ian, my understanding is that Theosophy teaches that solutions to
> the world's problems are not to be found in politics. But that doesn't
> imply that Theosophists are anarchists!

The problem with most political systems is that they work by applying a
philosophy on a situation by situation basis, without the understanding
that everything is interconnected to everything else. When a politician
states that he or she believes in more money for education, for example,
he or she neglects to state that the money has to come from somewhere,
and which programs they intend to cut, or what sort of additional
taxation they wish to impose.

Bart Lidofsky