The Best of Liberalism Points to Socialism

At its best, liberalism points beyond itself to an overcoming of capitalism. It also explicitly upholds certain moral ideals that it would be a mistake for socialists to renounce.

Enzo Rossi recently published a provocative essay, “Socialism is Not Liberal Moralism on Steroids”, for Damage. In it, Rossi argues against “left-liberals” and “self-described liberal socialists,” both of which he associates with “social democracy”—a “short lived anomaly in the history of capitalism.” Rossi takes particular aim at left-liberals working …