This article outlines the **contradictions of liberalism**, or the ways
in which [liberal](Liberalism "wikilink") governments contradict their
own values.

## Contradictions

  - The [United States of America](United_States_of_America "wikilink"),
    the largest liberal country in the world, currently has one of the
    the largest prison populations (inflated by largely nonviolent drug
    offenses)\[1\] and also provides military aid to 73% of the world's
    authoritarian regimes.\[2\]
  - The [British Empire](British_Empire "wikilink") preached liberal
    values whilst it stole a quarter of the world's land and ran its
    colonies like military dictatorships.
  - Liberalism repeatedly falls into dictatorship. This has been
    experienced in Germany, Turkey, Hungary, Thailand, Guatemala and
    Chile.

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1.  [Wikipedia - List of countries by incarceration
    rate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate)
2.  <https://truthout.org/articles/us-provides-military-assistance-to-73-percent-of-world-s-dictatorships/>