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Santosh, Actually, in your praise of liberalism you must be talking about classic social liberalism, which was good, not the modern political version, which, in the economic sphere is rooted in socialism, which is being consigned around the world to the dustbin of history, where it belongs. Liberalism is being held responsible for the economic and social malaise in Europe, and they are now realizing that their policies are not working out, with high inflation and unemployment rates and economic stagnation. In India and China, changing from the liberal socialist policies of the past is being called "liberalization", which is a clever word to describe a move towards free markets and free trade and less government interference in the economy, which are conservative ideals. It is also good to be a conservative. Conservatism is one of the best things that ever happened to this world. Many of the greatest minds that have lived on this planet have been conservatives. They are responsible for saving the world from the Nazis, the Fascists, the Communists and the Imperialists. Most of our scientific and technological progress comes from the fruits of capitalism and conservative free market economics, and people from around the world have left their liberal countries and come to the conservative economic system in the US to prosper and earn Nobel Prizes over here.