Labels are useful. They indicate the content of objects which could be anything — from cans and bottles to people and institutions.
But labels can also be confusing if they are not properly defined before they are used. I think it is always prudent to define labels before using them. I agree with Confucius that definitions matter above all else. Confucius say[2]:
“If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.”
I identify as a classical liberal, aka an Old World liberal. I believe in individual freedom, and equality of all persons. So what exactly is a old world (or classical) liberal? Part of my ideology is described by Murray Rothbard thusly:
