Good grief. Science, philosophy, industrialization or capitalism did not start in america. Not even close for science and philosophy(democratic ideals)

The term is derived from the Greek: δημοκρατία – (dēmokratía) “rule of the people”,[1] which was coined from δῆμος (dêmos) “people” and κράτος (krátos) “power”, in the middle of the fifth-fourth century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following a popular uprising in 508 BC

The funny thing is how the word “liberal” has changed meanings over the years.

Liberalism (from the Latin liberalis, “of freedom”[1]) is the belief in the importance of individual liberty.