Can anyone elaborate on American liberalism?

Behind the rise of conservatism, liberalism is in trouble. The liberalism mentioned here refers to the American New Deal liberalism since1968+1920s, which was later demonstrated by Rawls in his Political Philosophy. New Deal liberalism advocates welfare state in economy and value neutrality in culture, that is, interventionism in economic field and laissez-faire in cultural field. Although the welfare state policy has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, there is no essential difference between conservatism and liberalism. However, at the turn of the century, liberalism's value neutrality in cultural policy has encountered unprecedented challenges and crises in practice and theory, which has given conservatism a chance to rise again.

To understand the choice between American liberalism and conservatism, we have to start with American history. The earliest immigrants in the United States were devout Puritans who immigrated from Europe, and the Christian tradition contained liberal founding spirit. Robert? Bella analyzed in her famous book Habits of the Mind that there are profound traditions of Christianity, * * and pacifism in American history, and American individualism is based on these two traditions: "Classical * * and pacifism put forward a positive citizen image dedicated to public interests, the Christian spirit of religious reform, and advocated a government idea based on individual voluntary participation in the form of Puritanism and sectarianism. However, the above two traditions put individual autonomy under the background of moral and religious responsibility. " The internal combination of individualism and Christianity has made the United States a very conservative country in moral values. Until the 1950s, the so-called conservatism was actually an individualism with a Christian background, or a Christianity advocating personal values: it not only respected the moral autonomy of individuals, but also was responsible for family, community, country and God. America is a melting pot of culture, sharing the same religious background and values. No matter what cultural background you come from, new immigrants should integrate into this free society with Christianity as the mainstream value.