Equality of Permission
Modern liberalism has been under attack since its dawn in the 18th century. Early and late the attack has come from tyrants wishing to keep people subordinated—to keep them as children. After a true liberalism’s brief fashion ability early 19th century, however, the attacks started coming also from New Liberals, espousing a new statism. From socialists the promise was equality of income at the finish line, from the social democrats equality of opportunity at the starting line. Yet neither is achievable in practice and in substantial magnitude.