Untangling Classical Liberalism From Today's Modern Progressive Left

Showing 5 Classical Liberalism videos from Charlie Kirk's video collection.

Michael Shellenberger explains to a college audience that classical liberalism, the tradition rooted in the French Revolution's push for free expression, has effectively swapped political sides in modern America, with free-speech defenders increasingly found on the right rather than the left he grew up in, a shift he illustrates through his own parents' opposite reactions to a state court barring Trump from a ballot. Dave Rubin describes leaving progressivism after concluding the movement had become what he calls regressive, banning campus speakers, enforcing ideological conformity, and judging people by group identity rather than character, a reversal he says betrays the classical liberal principle of defending speech you disagree with. Candace Owens recounts a similar political awakening after facing coordinated media backlash over an unrelated tech project, an experience that led her to question assumptions she'd held about American politics and race. Connor Boyack's Tuttle Twins children's book series, teaching concepts like natural rights and free markets, and Dave Rubin's conversation with Eva Vlaardingerbroek on European speech restrictions round out the discussion of where classical liberal values stand today.