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the radical idea that you should mind your own business, scaled to a government
old wordFrom Latin liber, free, root of liberty and library
slippery labelMeans pro-market right and pro-state left depending on country
founding textLocke argued rights exist before any king grants them
harm principleMill: your freedom ends where another's nose begins
global defaultMost modern democracies are liberal whether they admit it