Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, down from 173,514 at the 2010 census. Jacksons population declined more between 2010 and 2020 (11.42%) than any major city in the United States. Jackson is the anchor for the Jackson metropolitan statistical area, the largest metropolitan area completely within the state. With a 2020 population estimated around 600,000, metropolitan Jackson is home to over one-fifth of Mississippis population. The city sits on the Pearl River and is located in the greater Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi.
Founded in 1821 as the site for a new state capital, the city is named after General Andrew Jackson, who was honored for his role in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later served as U.S. president. Following the nearby Battle of Vicksburg in 1863 during the American Civil War, Union forces under the command of General William Tecumseh Sherman began the siege of Jackson and the city was subsequently burned.During the 1920s, Jackson surpassed Meridian to become the most populous city in the state following a speculative natural gas boom in the region. The current slogan for the city is The City with Soul. It has had numerous musicians prominent in blues, gospel, folk, and jazz. The city is located in the deep south halfway between Memphis and New Orleans on Interstate 55 and Dallas and Atlanta on Interstate 20. Being at this location has given the city the nickname the crossroads of the south.
The city has a number of museums and cultural institutions, including the Mississippi Childrens Museum, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Mississippi Museum of Art, Old Capital Museum, Museum of Mississippi History. Other notable locations are the Mississippi Coliseum and the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, home of the Jackson State Tigers Football Team.
The Jackson metropolitan statistical area is the states second largest metropolitan area overall, due to four counties in northern Mississippi being part of the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area. In 2020, the Jackson metropolitan area held a GDP of 30 billion dollars, accounting for 29% of the states total GDP of 104.1 billion dollars.
Liberalism
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An ideology based on beliefs of economic and personal freedom, and the fact that social inequalities are a part of nature. (Also [libertarianism] to the American readers.)
A definition later to be distorted by Americans, who mainly associate liberalism with being left-wing on the political scale, disregarding the original and correct sense of the word.
Liberalism meaning & definition 1 of Liberalism.
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Liberalism is a political philosophy-ideology favouring [centrist]-laissez-faire economics, willing to comprimise a bit. Additionally, liberalism advocates for the invidualist [freedom]s, including democratic rights. They support a [democracy]. Liberals are also advocate of [separation of church and state], open-disscusion, [Social Progressivism] and centrism.
Liberalism meaning & definition 2 of Liberalism.
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Something that people like [Ann Coulter] and other [neoconservatives] misrepresent. The [Green] and [Libertarian] parties both embrace the philosophy of liberalism.
Liberalism has nothing to do with economy. It is completely independent of capitalism or any other economic system. Liberalism is a strictly social philosophy.
It is the opposite of authoritarianism.
It is also NOT the opposite of conservatism.
Under liberalism, the government has little role in regulating social affairs. Under liberalism, the government exists to protect liberties, not take them away.Liberalism meaning & definition 3 of Liberalism.
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Part I: Definition
Liberalism literally means to be liberal and liberal means to be loose. THIS MEANS that liberals do not want laws. That is vaguely true, and maybe if you can find a conservative anarchist Ill be wrong. Liberalism is the establishment of liberals in politics. They usually vote for and represent democrats, John McCain = exception. Liberals advocate personal freedoms and peace, as well as recognize problems worldwide, and not the ones that only threaten us (Iraq, Afghanistan, but the first one was a hoax to help Halliburton the oil company).
Part II: Bashing
To the peopl who said Liberals are semi-retarded: type into Google 2004 election by IQ. Youll be surprised. It may not be believable at first, but the inability to find a site supporting you will lead to the stomach-turning conclusion.
To the person who said we kill babies for no reason: Umm, maybe you forgot that children, while a bundle of joy, cost about 225000 dollars for education, food, the works. this includes tax write-offs. And to the people who said we whine, next time listen to what we whine about. If it isnt about the 13-digit deficit our economy is suffering, which wasnt as bad as the clinton era, its about the Free trade agreement Bush signed which entitles landowners to rule their workers like serfs in the fifteenth century.Liberalism meaning & definition 4 of Liberalism.
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The political ideology for people who do not believe in cruelty, violence, racism, xenophobia, sociopathy and oppression.
Liberalism meaning & definition 5 of Liberalism.
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See [correct political ideology]
Liberal is a political ideology that more or lest contrasts with Conservatism. Liberalism focuses mostly on individual liberty; essentially everyone having equal and fair rights. They feel strongly about the constitution, and keeping our right strong.
I am a liberal, and I am proud to say it.Liberalism meaning & definition 6 of Liberalism.
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While modern terminology refers to liberalism as the left political spectrum, there are also many other types of liberalism. Examples being:
Progressive liberalism: Normally associated with the Democratic Party. Is known for welfare programs, increased social freedom, and advocating for civil rights. Is also infamous for increasing taxes to pay for these welfare programs, and an insistence on overemphasized political correctness.
Corporatist liberalism: Normally associated with the Republican Party. Also referred to as conservatism, which means conserving the present economic system. Believes in minimizing taxes for corporations and businesses, increased economic freedom, and privatizing social benefit programs currently run by the government. Is also infamous for restricted social freedom, increased pollution rates while in power, and minimal regulation of stock market fluctuations.
Classical liberalism: Normally associated with the Libertarian Party. Is known for restricted extracontinental activity, wishing to abolish income taxes, and little to no social/economic Restrictions. Is not infamous for anything because we havent had the sense to elect any of them to anything more than a local office.Liberalism meaning & definition 7 of Liberalism.
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by far the best form of government that any country could have.
liberalism is about the individual and his or her rights and freedoms, not about multi-national, multi-billion dollar corporations bent on destroying life as we know it, and the useless brain-dead [neo-con]s who mindlessly follow them like the lemmings that hey are.Liberalism meaning & definition 8 of Liberalism.
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See [correct political ideology]
Liberal is a political ideology that more or lest contrasts with Conservatism. Liberalism focuses mostly on individual liberty; essentially everyone having equal and fair rights. They feel strongly about the constitution, and keeping our right strong.
I am a liberal, and I am proud to say it.Liberalism meaning & definition 9 of Liberalism.