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Article: The erosion of liberalism.
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- March 1, 1995
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THE GREAT paradox of the 1990s is that, while liberalism is on its deathbed in this country, it still controls many of the major institutions. On the one hand, its claims have been disproved so often by history and by empirical evidence that it has exhausted its strength. On the other hand, liberalism still dominates the presidency, education, the media, and even certain segments of the private sector today.
What is most striking is how thoroughly liberalism has lost popular support. Despite the Democratic presidential victory in 1992 (with, after all, only 43% of the vote), polls indicated that most Americans believe the Federal government creates more problems than ...