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^No, no it doesn't. You have no idea what liberalism, or for that matter conservatism, is all about. you just associate witha particular end of the political ideological spectrum.
Liberalism associates liberty with primacy in human nature. Thus, the onus of power rests on the individual, while the government should do whatever it can to promote liberty, and no more. There's locke's state of nature and war. and mill's harm principle, and progressive theory (Dewey) that fit in there too, but that's a lot of writing to explain.
Conservatism emphasizes the primacy of human ignorance and fallibility, assuming since we're going to screw up inevitably, screw ups should have the least negative impact possible. Therefore, we should organize power into smaller enclaves; businesses, families, churches, and so on. Government, then, should promote the interests of these small groups.
Those are the bases of the two schools of thought. There's a lot more to go along with each, but like I said, I'm not going to explain it all. Suffice it to say that liberalism has nothing to o with 'helping people', at least not directly interpreted, thoguh that sort of thing could result.
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