In the video "Down in Africa" he is clearly out of his mind with mania.
The mooch links to an interesting article.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/the-case-for-liberal-republicanism/570790/
This all gets back to that today's definition of "Liberalism" is very different than the previous definition of "classical liberal values".
All in all the article is a worthwhile read.