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My take on American liberalism would come from an extensive chapter by Arnold Toynbee entitled, ''[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://nypost.com/2013/11/02/when-did-white-trash-become-normal/&ved=0ahUKEwjJqI_10uTTAhWG0FQKHbzxAqEQFggoMAU&usg=AFQjCNFedcujP9YOtngCSH3lbN2Gf3P2Fw&sig2=tnvgbS-2ekTusjx5wvs54A Schism in the Soul]'' - evidence of a civilization in disintegration (the anti-thesis of a civilization in its growth phase, hence no creative aspects to it). That's why I'm reluctant to call it an ideology. It's a symptom of an underlying malady. Because Toynbee is difficult to read for many, here's [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/MurProl.phpsome recent takes] by [http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/761536-schism-in-the-soul-schism-in-the-body-social-will others who have studied] Toynbee. [http://nypost.com/2013/11/02/when-did-white-trash-become-normal/ This one is particularly amusing.]

My take on American liberalism would come from an extensive chapter by Arnold Toynbee entitled, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=FBh462QXBgoC&pg=PA429&lpg=PA429&dq=schism+in+the+soul&source=bl&ots=1Zbuy_I2VV&sig=LLn5lzfBiGLG133IhPDRdo0LkGc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLg9vi1eTTAhUE0GMKHfM-D1MQ6AEIMDAG Schism in the Soul]'' - evidence of a civilization in disintegration (the anti-thesis of a civilization in its growth phase, hence no creative aspects to it). That's why I'm reluctant to call it an ideology. It's a symptom of an underlying malady. Because Toynbee is difficult to read for many, here's [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/MurProl.phpsome recent takes] by [http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/761536-schism-in-the-soul-schism-in-the-body-social-will others who have studied] Toynbee. [http://nypost.com/2013/11/02/when-did-white-trash-become-normal/ This one is particularly amusing.]

I first started reading Toynbee's Volume, ''Disintegration of Civilizations'' from which this chapter appears in 1978. Not only was it a welcome relief of the [[Hollywood values]] tripe society, culture, and educational system was inundated with, it specifically addressed the hangover from the [[Great Society]] programs we were experiencing in that day. I never tire of re-reading it, and can indeed often forecast American liberalism's next move.[[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''The coup plotters won, for now'']]} 02:26, 10 May 2017 (EDT)

I first started reading Toynbee's Volume, ''Disintegration of Civilizations'' from which this chapter appears in 1978. Not only was it a welcome relief of the [[Hollywood values]] tripe society, culture, and educational system was inundated with, it specifically addressed the hangover from the [[Great Society]] programs we were experiencing in that day. I never tire of re-reading it, and can indeed often forecast American liberalism's next move.[[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''The coup plotters won, for now'']]} 02:30, 10 May 2017 (EDT)