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==Background==
==Background==
American liberalism became separated from the [[benevolent]] beliefs of [[classical liberalism]] in the late 19th and early 20th century with the [[immigration]] of many [[Europe]]an [[communist]]s and [[socialist]]s,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u-o5jqehzvcC&pg=PA272&lpg=PA272&dq=imported+hate+klehr&source=bl&ots=bhYkHvdDMX&sig=n_Gsq8CiG5GkOZWNhxfoUKxZ_qg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3-YfRh-nTAhUCw2MKHdXDC-AQ6AEIHjAB#v=onepage&q=imported%20hate%20klehr&f=false]</ref> and adopted the hard edge tone and rhetoric of [[class warfare]]. Since the 1960s, this philosophy of divisiveness and hatred of one's opponents has been transformed into [[identity politics]] - the belief one's political views and alliances ought to formed along racial, economic class, and gender lines.
American liberalism became separated from the [[benevolent]] beliefs of [[classical liberalism]] in the late 19th and early 20th century with the [[immigration]] of many [[Europe]]an [[communist]]s and [[socialist]]s.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u-o5jqehzvcC&pg=PA272&lpg=PA272&dq=imported+hate+klehr&source=bl&ots=bhYkHvdDMX&sig=n_Gsq8CiG5GkOZWNhxfoUKxZ_qg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3-YfRh-nTAhUCw2MKHdXDC-AQ6AEIHjAB#v=onepage&q=imported%20hate%20klehr&f=false]</ref> Gradually American liberalism adopted the harsh tone and rhetoric of class division and [[class warfare]]. Since the 1960s, this philosophy of divisiveness and hatred of one's opponents has been transformed into [[identity politics]] - the belief one's political views and alliances ought to formed along racial, economic class, and gender lines.
American perennial presidential candidate of the Socialist party. [[Norman Thomas]] said, "The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."<ref>http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Norman.Thomas.Quote.FFB1</ref>
American perennial presidential candidate of the Socialist party. [[Norman Thomas]] said, "The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."<ref>http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Norman.Thomas.Quote.FFB1</ref>