The underlying foundation of liberalism is idealism... Which is always great...right up until reality shows up and shows the discrepancy between idealism and practical application..then people become conservatives either knowingly or in action...case in point.
It's just too bad that if they keep the label of 'liberal' that they become (retain?) Totalitarianism.
Thankfully they're always far too inept to run anything, so without a capitalist federal government propping them up, they'll crash and burn quickly.