Who is the liberal or progress who has impacted and benifited modern society most.?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt. The many changes he made in government made America a much better place to live than before he took office.
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How about two modern American liberals. :-) J/K
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Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity. - Herman Melville.\nThe present aspect of society is portentous of great change. - Edward Bellamy.
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John C. Frémont PathMAKER of the West\n\nPlease take time to select the best answer.
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Depends what kind of liberal you mean (classical, American, etc.)\n\nAny way, it's such a huge answer I would just look it up on wikipedia.\n\nHere are some positions Americans liberals *may* take:\n\n    * A social "safety net" to minimize the suffering due to poverty, including welfare, medicare, unemployment benefits, health insurance, and retirement programs.\n    * Increased government role and funding for public education, public transportation, and alternative energy development.\n    * Increased regulation of business practices through OSHA, child labor laws, anti-trust laws, and minimum wage laws.\n    * Strong, government-protected labor unions\n    * Civil rights, including laws against discrimination based on gender, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, or disability.\n    * Affirmative action and transitional multi-lingual educational programs for children whose first language is not English.\n    * Broad voting rights\n    * Public assistance for undocumented aliens\n    * A spirit of international community and service to all people\n    * A woman's right to an abortion in private and without interference\n    * The right of the terminally ill to end their life\n    * Laws to protect the environment\n    * The elimination of the death penalty\n    * Animal rights\n    * Gun control\n    * A progressive tax system\n    * Marijuana legalization\n    * Advocacy of stem cell research and support of scientific study\n    * Adherence to the principle of separation of church and state\n\n\n\nShould add that Republicans over the last few decades have successfully turned the word "liberal" into a bad wor. So in politics what is and what is perceived to be "liberal" is not so clear.
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Tough call... I'm going to say Ghandi, I think he did the most good for the most people.
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In America being a liberal means you think people should have a lot of personal freedoms (abortion, free speech, unions) and that the economy should be closely monitored and modified by the government.\n\nConservatives think that people's freedoms should be more closely monitored and controlled and that the economy should be free from government interference.\n\nNow, this is just what the trend is GENERALLY nowadays, because really the ideals change as time goes on for both types.
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Lenin.  \n\nGiven the history of the Soviet Union it's impossible to come to any other opinion than he failed in his aim to improve the lot of the Russian people.
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Liberals only think of the present and what they want now. They don't look at the big picture and consider what the consequences\nof their actions and demands will be further down the road.
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Anything but a majority Liberal.
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i think that you are forgetting that our president at the time, FDR, had some of the most liberal legislation in our nation's history passed while he was in office. Learn you history!
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I see it as any moves towards equality which is beneficial for all the world's people. All technology is not progress, and progress does not have to be technology.
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There are a lot of categories in which we're not behind.  Consider for example medical and other scientific research, high quality universities, social mobility, and overall economic health.  It would not be unreasonable to argue that the American people (notice I didn't say government) do more to advance civilization than any other people.
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The biggest problem facing our world is liberal politics, which is the basis of socialism/communism, France is representative of this insanity. The next is the ignorance of history, the hatred of truth, the rejection of morality and the destruction of the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman.
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talk about our new world order\nand what is the changed that happened to our life the last 50 years till now
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I am liberal, but I'd have to go with your cat. \n\nAlbert Einstein once said, "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions."\n\nHe's very right. People would rather shout, "You're wrong, you stupid idiot!" than give a real, well thought out answer on why you're wrong. People in this modern world have lost intelligence, maturity, and respect for other's opinions. It's sickening, the state of the humans of the world.
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Liberal - More government intervention in economics, less in social issues\n\nConservative - Less government intervention in economics, contemporary Christian Right conservatives will say more in social issues, many will say less