Why don't you post it and explain what is wrong with it ? I am sure if you ask Ritter nicely he would provide a list for you.
Okay, I guess I can bust out my crayons and give it a whirl. Son in Me may not be far off in that I could not find Ten Principles of Liberalism. This comes as a surprise because I would have thought some liberal would have taken up the cause in response to Kirk.
I'll put on my New York expat/Ender Wiggin wannabe hat. Keep in mind I am only spit balling, so feel free to suggest revisions.
Here it goes. The ten principles of modern liberalism...
1. The fundamental law of the universe is change.
To believe that there is an order of any kind beyond order imposed by man is folly. There are too many society with different moral and cultural values in existence to account for a Natural Law. The universe itself with its nonsensical red shifts and blue shifts, the shattered nature of human relations, cultural and moral norms so diametrically opposed to one another. So many different categories of being one can determine for themselves.
2. The modern liberal realizes that the only order possible is an order pursued and constructed by man.
The previous point indicates there is no order. This is not absolutely true, as there are is order constructed by man at different times and under different circumstances to ameliorate his condition. Alas, these structures become outdated. Most are entirely wrong and in need of liquidation.
3. The modern liberal believes history is progressing to an end.
It is obvious that the different orders imposed by men have, through a process of creative destruction, given us the best of all possible political worlds up until this certain point in time. We now have it within ourselves to, in the words of Thomas Paine, create the world over again. To erect, by evolution or revolution, a society free of want and needless division.
The caveat is that the new order is subject to being smashed by a newer order. Rule one reigns and it is within rule one that we act.
4. The modern liberal believes in the possession of secret knowledge.
To bring about the most ideal of societies, one must have the necessary patterns mastered. There are laws in existence, that while not absolutely true, guide human conduct. If policy is crafted along the lines of this secret knowledge, the masses will submit to it.
5. The modern liberal believes that education is then salvific.
The main problem of society is ignorance of these secret laws or rather the implications of these secret laws. They must be made to know them through education writ large. This includes but is not limited to their exposure to all the powers responsible for the dissemination of information.
6. The modern liberal is then the agent of change.
The modern liberal is to be a foot soldier in destroying the order and bringing about true freedom to man. They are to be a centered and organized people in their personal lives. Highly educated. Keen to introduce disorder outside their internal order that their internal order may be imposed on the ignorant.
7. The modern liberal believes the masses are to be valued and elevated.
The ultimate goal is the greatest good for the greatest number. The masses will cling to beliefs of old when it is not either in their best interest to or even their will to do so. They were engineered by previous civilizations to believe what they believe to remain subjects or in our modern case consumers. Therefore their elevation may not be desired at the appointed time.
8. The modern liberal understands that liberation comes through primal impulse.
Those feelings that are most basic to humanity are most true. In the past such things were incorrectly identified by wider society as sins. They are, in fact, the seeds of humanity's liberation. Restriction of them in the whole of society is merely a method of control.
At times, the situation may dictate the enforcement of a standard for an array of purposes. Strategy may call for it to slowly acclimate the more obstinate of the masses to their new liberation. Necessity may also cry for it in times of emergency (disease prevention for example).
9. The modern liberal believes the construction of society is continuous.
At all times events and interests are dictating the course of history. The modern liberal realizes the time to think, plan, and act is simultaneous. Moment by moment, life is in flux. We must act within this patchwork to see that society arrives at the most beneficial of places.
10. The modern liberal understands the nature of property and its interest.
As one seeks to reformulate society to the end of liberty for all, the enemy is, of course, the past and the delusional absolutists clining to their epoch. However there is another source of contention ever-present and it must be accounted for: property and in the interest it brings about anathema to the common good.
It is an ever present rule that, even when averice is not at work, the lower-level desires and impulses to create, obtain, and provide for are distractions from the common goal of society-wide benefit. The modern liberal must constantly find ways to either relieve society of these desires, or subvert them.
