Is there a difference between Liberalism and liberalism? Between Conservativism and conservativism?

Question

Between Communism and communism? How about Catholicism versus catholicism?

Answer 1

Well, this is a very broad, open question, isn't it? I'm not sure that one being capitalized does anything to change the meaning here in this context. This isn't like the difference between a "big D" Democrat being a member of the US' Democratic political party and a "small D" democrat simply being in favor of a democratic system of government. Let me answer in a different way.


A short answer would be yes.

A longer answer would vary depending on which "ism" we are talking about. Here is my opinion, take it for what it is worth.


Liberalism as it is currently known in the US is different than Liberalism as it was seen, say in Latin America in the early 1900s. That kind of Liberalism was more "progress and change for the sake of itself". Modern Domestic Liberalism is fairly straightforward, it varies only in the degrees. For example, all liberals would favor a very strong separation of church and state but where as some extreme liberals actually hate organized religion, you have some more moderate liberals who are very devout believers.

Conservatism as it is known in the US today seems in a state of emergency. When it comes to the major issues of the day, there seem to be two opposing stances for conservatives. Both are thought-out, passionately held and diametrically opposed to each other. Some conservatives like George Will and the Chamber of Commerce folks are pro-immigration, while the Tom Tancrado conservatives seem almost xenophobic. Some conservatives like The Weekly Standard folks are still pro-Iraq War, while conservatives like Pat Buchanan have been against it since day one. Some conservatives like James Dobson seemingly base all policy decisions solely on their personal interpretations of holy scripture, while Goldwater-style conservatives vote Democratic in fear of them. Self-identified conservative George W. Bush has had an administration that has watched government grow faster that of LBJ's, faster than any since FDR's, while fiscal conservatives tear their hair out.

Communism? I suppose one could separate Communism into the pure form that Marx envisioned in the 1800's and the Marxist-Leninist Communism that every country that ever called itself Communist actually adapted. The big difference is that Marx's Communism firmly believe that a society could only become wholly socialistic after it became wholly capitalistic. Capitalism was necessary in order to create the underpinnings of a successful socialistic society. Now think of all the countries that ever called themselves Communist. All were not capitalistic, none were, at least according to Marx. They were still feudalistic, they had not become capitalistic yet. The countries in question all decided to skip a step, something that would have horrified Marx. When he wrote his works, he never even thought of backwards Tsarist Russia, he thought of countries like England or the socially progressive Germany of Otto Von Bismarck.

Catholism? Assuming that you are talking about Roman Catholism, I'd say there is only one, Orthodox Catholism as defined by the Pope. One can tilt a bit to the left or the right and still be orthodox but go too far and you become something else entirely.

Answer 2

Big L Liberalism = Jeanine Garafola
Small L Liberalism = Jim Webb
Big C Conservatism = Rick Santorum
Small C Conservatism = Chuck Hagel

Answer 3

Classical Liberals beleive that the only accountability of state is to be sure that distinctive rights are enforced by potential of they state not extra and no much less. those are the rights of materials, speech freedom and the pursuit of happiness. see you later as this would not bypass others paths interior the approach. Neoconservatives have faith that the state shouldn't intrude interior the community and that the community and private materials could artwork jointly to make a extra useful society. they suspect in assessment to libertarians that the community could exert social authority to make confident that human beings pursue happiness and convey speech in proper techniques. So this might advise a abhorrence for pornography, gay marriage or intercourse out of wedlock. those style of neoconservatives have been around a protracted time yet won effect interior the Nineteen Eighties. They unfold economic liberalisation around the realm and mockingly this unfold neoliberalism particularly than neoconservatism. Neoliberalism is what blair and clinton accompanied. yet all politicians in this era have in basic terms had to undertake some neocon rhetoric. They ensuing crime and social decay from liberal reforms left police underresourced for struggling with working type community decay. the tip effect became a typical neocon clampdown the place those human beings have been to be guided by potential of the state cane on a thank you to stay. So such issues as ASBOs have been presented. The deviated slightly grant specific tiers of social risk-free practices yet in any different case they used lots the comparable philosophy of neoclassical economist for the economic equipment and the comparable economic techniques because of the fact the neocons until now them. Blair lasted into an era of world neoimperialism. This became a theory embraced by potential of the neocons in u.s. publish 9/11 that democracy and capitalism had to be unfold international to boost western risk-free practices. This effect interior the conflict on terror and mideastern conflicts. It additionally led to much less risk-free practices at abode and an apprehension of muslims. The terrorist attackes in turn observed human beings embody the nanny state.

Answer 4

Depends. Some just don't bother to capitalize and some don't do it as a statement. Occasionally, I will write Christian with a lower case "c" because I don't think that whoever the term refers to is really a Christian in the true sense.

Answer 5

A capital letter?

















A better question would be: is there a difference between an idiot, and a moron? But I wouldn't want you to think too hard, that would break a long standing pattern for you. Don't fix what's broken if it's useless anyway.

Answer 6

I hope you realize that all you did was capitalize the first letter. But whatever to each his own. Just remember there are no stupid questions only stupid people. :-)

Answer 7

Shades of blue, shades of red, shades of pink, and I don't know what color represents Catholicism, but shades of it. People are not cookies.