Satchel said, "Above all else, liberal means a faith in individualism, as opposed to collectivism..."
It depends on your social contract theorist, I think. According to Locke (US), individualism is highly valued. According to Edmund Burke (Canada), individualism takes second place to the good of the community. Both contracts stress liberalism, however, IMO.
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