Radical and liberal are tags or labels that are most commonly used in the political arena though people prefer to be labeled as liberals or radicals, to let others know about their views and opinions on different social and economic topics.
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Liberal is an individual or a party that has a soft and practical approach that is also called a flexible approach. Though lying left to the moderates on the political continuum, a liberal is ready to move forward and embrace change.
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From Wikipedia: the term Radical (latin radix meaning root) has been used since the late 18th century as a label in political science for those favouring or trying to produce thoroughgoing or extreme political reforms which can include changes to the social order to a greater or lesser extent.
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The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naive and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.
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Clearly calling the waging of an annihilating nationalistic war-reform-is ridiculous. Nevertheless, it certainly was radical. The impetus for such drastic measures arose out of an inevitable political dissatisfaction of conflicting worldviews.
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Committing a crime is a rational choice. To reduce crime, the pain must be increased so that it is greater than the pleasure received from committing the crime. In other words, to reduce crime we should increase the odds of getting caught and the severity of punishment. If you can t do the time, don t do the crime.
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From a liberal perspective, this kind of behavior stems from a culture of greed that tends to be largely ignored by the media and treated lightly by the criminal justice system. From a radical perspective, this behavior is an inevitable outgrowth of capitalism itself and will continue as long as capitalism lives.
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Concerning battered women: You made your bed, you lie in it. The Liberal View. Liberalism s roots are in the Enlightenment of the 18th century (John Locke and others). These people began to reject many of the prevailing views of the period, such as the divine right of Kings, hereditary status, etc.
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Radical. A Radical is an individual and a party standing on the extreme left of the political spectrum. They are also called leftists or left wingers. A radical is often impatient and is in favor of a radical change or reform. A radical party has political leanings towards socialism or Marxism and does not favor private property or private entrepreneurship.
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“One of the problems has centred on the radicalism of the phenomenon, since it is partly its radicalism which appeared to mark `Thatcherism' out as a distinct form of conservative politics, or possibly even a `new' Right way of thinking.
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is left radical or conservative
The left is the radical instead of conservative.