Liberalism poses many different ideas than Marxism, but they do agree on the need for a strong central government and for a government to be concerned about the ultimate welfare of the people. F. D. Roosevelt talks of a “strong central State able to keep the peace” that closely resembles the way Marx viewed the state government (Roosevelt 744). The main difference between the political philosophies of liberalism and Marxism is the fact that liberalism is revolves around the rights of the individual rather than the whole, as seen in Marxist ideas. Roosevelt says that liberal democracy is a search “for better things” (744), and Dewey says that liberalism is committed to “the liberation of individuals” (Dewey 191). It is the emphasis on individualism, property, and the related support for ideas about capitalism that greater diverge liberalism from Marxism....
