Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Freedom for extremely powerful people to do whatever they want and freedom for people with no power to do whatever they want is going to end very poorly for the weak people.
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In this video, I argue that our political language has been completely inverted - and that this confusion isn’t accidental. By tracing liberalism, socialism, and conservatism back to their original meanings, we can finally understand why our politics feels so disoriented, polarized, and broken.
I also explain how classical liberalism led to unrestrained capitalism, how socialism emerged as its reaction, and why true conservatism is neither of those things — but a forgotten third way grounded in moral order, solidarity, and subsidiarity.
Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: pauljernberg.com
Podcast Version: brianholdsworth.libsyn.com
Freedom for extremely powerful people to do whatever they want and freedom for people with no power to do whatever they want is going to end very poorly for the weak people.
Support the channel by visiting: brianholdsworth.ca/help
In this video, I argue that our political language has been completely inverted - and that this confusion isn’t accidental. By tracing liberalism, socialism, and conservatism back to their original meanings, we can finally understand why our politics feels so disoriented, polarized, and broken.
I also explain how classical liberalism led to unrestrained capitalism, how socialism emerged as its reaction, and why true conservatism is neither of those things — but a forgotten third way grounded in moral order, solidarity, and subsidiarity.
Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: pauljernberg.com
Podcast Version: brianholdsworth.libsyn.com
