My main takeaway from this is not that liberalism is an active force in politics today. What you and Haller are referring to in the text, is rather the opportunistic manipulation of language, words and concepts in the service of more or less narrow power interests.
This is true- but if Liberalism weren't a force those power interests wouldn't have to invoke or manipulate its language, words, and concepts ("our democracy", "civil rights", "equity", and so on and so forth).
My main takeaway from this is not that liberalism is an active force in politics today. What you and Haller are referring to in the text, is rather the opportunistic manipulation of language, words and concepts in the service of more or less narrow power interests.
This is true- but if Liberalism weren't a force those power interests wouldn't have to invoke or manipulate its language, words, and concepts ("our democracy", "civil rights", "equity", and so on and so forth).