2016 Postmortem

America was not the first democracy. Ancient Greeks of Athens was the first to coin the term. Roman Republic, Sparta, even England had a form of representative democracy, hence the cry "no taxation without representation". Washington fashioned himself as Cincinnatus, the Roman Emporor.

America was founded on classical liberalism, not modern day liberalism. Modern day progressivism wasn't even defined until the late 19th, early 20th century. Modern day liberalism is based upon the idea of social and economic justice, also know as social liberalism.

With the 3/5ths clause, I would find it impossible to believe that our constitution had anything to do with modern day liberalism.

Neo-liberalism is the belief that all issues can be solved through economics. Example: gay marriage should be legal, not because it's a social injustice, but because it would add money to the economy. This is also known as third-way.