Talk:European Parliament/@comment-2158118-20110201011608/@comment-184.56.233.31-20110207215410

The Liberal Democrats of the 18th Century were not what today we call Democrats. They were Enlightenment thinkers who valued the ideas of reason, morality, and a republic in which the people were not oppressed by an absolute ruler. Every American today would be considered a 18th Century Liberal Democrat. Conservatives during that time would be those that supported absolute monarchy, in some cases, tyrranical rule, and the social separation of classes (giving special privileges to nobles) and opposed republics.

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