A BRIEF HISTORY OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM from 1960 to 2020- In 1960, the greatest thing to be, in the known world, was an American Liberal; for to be an American Liberal in 1960 was to endeavor to make the nation, the Republic, a better place,based on the most significant civic ethic, the cornerstone    civic ethic , of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) civic    philosophy.   And what was the cornerstone of the WASP civic philosophy? It was not empathy, 1960 Liberalism did not demand social empathy for its members; one was    still allowed to dislike criminals and hate pedophiles.    It was not love; the expectation that American society should love its members, was an invention of 1990s cable television.   The cornerstone philosophy was FAIR PLAY; if we could treat each other fairly, it did not matter if there was empathy or love. If society could only marshal fair play, the world would be a better place.   In the 1970s, American Liberalism was defined by the rise