I think you're mis-interpreting, mis-perceiving, mis-defining, mis-
charcterizing and missing the essence of pragmatic,
adaptive, humanistic, rational, realistic liberalism which I assert to
be neo-liberalism.
Of course that's my subjectivity versus your's.
Here is an articulate essay of what brought about (or devolved into)
nazi dominance in a fairly liberal & progressive Weimar Republic
society, besides especially the cliche wheel barrel full of enough
subprime marks to buy bread.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/opinion/03kershaw.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=s...
The Hitlerian populist spiel is "anti-liberal" in every way i can
think of:
Huey Kingfish Long americana demagoguery & Father Coughlin hate
rhetoric ain't "liberalism."
Imho: Neoliberalism is an attempt to synthesize social justice,
reform, and regulation somehow with vigorous capitalism.
Marx-Engels says it can't be done successfully in the long run; and,
hellefire, I'm not claiming it can either.
