Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Wanjiru Njoya
“Eighteenth century liberalism rejected the notion of ‘a select class of privileged persons’ who had special rights and freedoms. The fundamental purpose of equality under the law was to ensure that no group is granted rights solely by virtue of membership, rights that remain unavailable to those outside it. But what now passes for classical liberalism does not reflect the same principle. Much of what people now call classical liberalism comes from the progressive egalitarianism of the 1960s. A key principle in modern ‘classical liberalism’ is the notion of ‘equal opportunities’ that did not exist in the eighteenth century.” (08/18/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/equality-law-not-privilege-group-membership