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Yes, liberalism, the philosophy that emerged in response to the economic changes caused by mercantilism, the philosophy that sought to undermine the divine right of kings by replacing it private property, the philosophy that inherently assumed enlightened self-interest would have the masses ruled by the smartest and most meritorious, the only political philosophy from which fascism has ever emerged... Liberalism has run its course and is now a dead end.
And they doubled down on the divine rights of kings ideology when the monarchies where falling off due to material conditions changing.