Hmm, thank you. I edited it to "fairly ordinary [Enlightenment/old] liberalism" to show that we aren't talking about modern "liberal" views (pro-choice, lgbt rights, etc), but even that is probably not right...

Honestly, I did not really know what was meant by "Enlightenment liberalism", but since it was used as a term to talk about the themes I mentioned, specifically:

The winners make history, power of the media to control and tame masses, bystander effect, even the "good side" can be bad, think for yourself, authority isn't always right.

I assumed that that was what Enlightenment liberalism was. But from wikipedia-ing, it seems like the closest thing is Classical Liberalism, which is about the rights and freedoms of the governed. So honestly, I don't think I really understand this term as it is being used in the conversation, and have probably used it incorrectly.

I apologize, and thanks for the info.