Liberal Socialism

Liberal Socialism (Libsoc) is an economically centre-left to left-wing political theory and ideology that believes that Socialism is an extension and an evolution of  Liberalism. Liberal Socialists generally favour an economic system based around workplace democracy (usually complemented with a socialist market economy) and  Democratic and/or  Republican governmental system. Liberal Socialists generally favour a view of history as going from Feudalism to liberalism to socialism; liberal socialists which favour  Marxist 'scientific socialism' are generally called ' Bernsteinists' or 'Marxist  Social Democrats'.

[[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
"Main article: Bernsteinism" In Germany, liberal socialist ideals can be said to originate with the development of revisionist Marxism of Eduard Bernstein who defined the term 'socialism' as 'Organised Liberalism '.

[[File:Cball-UK.png]] United Kingdom
In Great Britain, the development of Liberal Socialism can be traced back to a number of sources of liberal and socialist origin. Liberal Socialism of liberal origin can be found in the theories of the political economist John Stuart Mill, who greatly influenced the political ideology of Social Liberalism which is a type of liberalism that believes that economic freedom can be only achieved through an extensive social state. Although, Mill is noted as going a step further, favoring collectivized workplaces. He theorized that capitalist societies shall experience a  gradual process of socialization with worker cooperatives slowly replacing private enterprises.

Liberal socialism of socialist origin in Britain can be found in the theories of the Christian Socialist historian and activist Richard Henry Tawney, who developed a theory of 'Ethical Socialism '. Ethical socialism as a movement saw to justify socialism on ethical and moral grounds, as opposed to material grounds.

Tawney later joined, influenced, and became an executive of the socialist think tank of the Fabian Society which was a group that wanted to achieve Socialism through  reformist means in  democracies ( Democratic Socialism.) The ideology of the Fabian Society (Fabianism) may, in turn, be characterized as a form of liberal socialism.

The term 'Liberal Socialism' was later used by the British economist John Maynard Keynes to describe his political ideology:

[[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Italy
The term 'Liberal Socialism' was popularised by the Jewish-Italian political leader Carlo Rosselli who was influenced both by Eduard Bernstein and by the British Labour movement. Carlo Rosselli rejected the political theories of Marx and favoured  non-Marxist socialism. He believed that liberal democracy is not just important for socialist construction, but also for its realization. Additionally, Carlo Rosseli founded Justice and Liberty (Italian: Giustizia e Libertà) which was a resistance movement against the Fascist government of Italy.

[[File:Cball-US.png]] United States
In the United States, the term 'Liberal Socialism' was used by the political theorist John Rawls to describe his political ideology.

In the United States a type of Liberal Socialism was espoused by the anarcho-syndicalist thinker Noam Chomsky. In his book On Anarchism claiming that libertarian socialism to be conclusion of  classical liberal principles:

A similar view has been espoused by the American BreadTuber VaushV. Leading to liberal socialism to be sarcastically called Vaushism within the Polcompball community.

[[File:Cball-South Africa.png]] South Africa
Anti-Apartheid revolutionary and South Africa's first black leader, Nelson Mandela ideologically self-identified as a Socialist and ultimately believed in a classless society, having been influenced by  Marxism. But when in power he supported the country's liberal democratic model, while still taking strong measures to combat poverty, encourage land reform, and expanding healthcare services. He expressed desires to move to a social-democratic economy but figured that it wasn't possible due to the circumstances at the time (the fall of the  USSR and the ascendency of  neoliberalism.)

Beliefs
Liberal Socialist ideology tends to support a mixed economy that consists of both private property and social ownership. Liberal socialism also believes socialism is the extension of liberalism.

How to Draw
Liberalsoc_flag.svg Liberal socialism's symbol is a crossed hammer and quill, the symbol of the Czech National Social Party and of the Radical Civic Union which were historically regarded as liberal socialist parties. The symbols of the hammer and quill represent solidarity between workers and clerks.


 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Draw a red hammer and a feather crossed
 * 3) Add the eyes and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File: Dsa.png]] Democratic Socialism - We're lowkey the same.
 * [[File: Marketsoc.png]] Market Socialism - We are very similar with some minor differences.
 * [[File: Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - You are so close, just move a little further away from capitalism.
 * [[File:Libms.png]] Libertarian Market Socialism - LITERALLY ME!

Frenemies

 * [[File: Soclib.png]] Social Liberalism - I like your liberal principles and focus on [[File:Welf.png]] welfare but you focus too much on preserving [[File:Cap.png]] capitalism. Mill was still based though.
 * [[File:Lib.png]] Liberalism - Great dad, but why capitalism?
 * [[File:Socliber.png]] Social Libertarianism - Civic rights and welfare regulationism is good and all, but you are still far too capitalist.
 * [[File: Soc.png]] Socialism - I wish you would realize socialism needs [[File:Lib.png]] liberalism.
 * [[File: Libsoc.png]] Libertarian Socialism - We are similar; you just take things a bit too far.
 * [[File: Consocf.png]] Conservative Socialism - I like socialism, but the conservatism, not so much.

Enemies

 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - Psychotic tankie who calls me a fat degenerate and wants to curb stomp me.
 * [[File: Nazi.png]] National Socialism - You are not a socialist at all, you are just an [[File:Sec.png]] illiberal authoritarian who's also racist!
 * [[File: Conserv.png]] Conservatism - Almost my complete opposite!

Further Information
For overlapping ideologies see: Socialism, Social Liberalism, Liberalism, Social Democracy, Democratic Socialism, Bernsteinism, Market Socialism, Radicalism, Jacobinism, Keynesianism

Literature

 * Equality by [[File:Christsoc.png]]Henry Richard Tawney
 * Fabian Essays in Socialism by [[File:Fabian.png]] The Fabian Society
 * Evolutionary Socialism by [[File:Bernst.png]]Eduard Bernstein
 * On Liberty, Principles of Political Economy and On socialism by [[File:Soclib.png]]John Stuart Mill
 * A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
 * The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by [[File:Keynes.png]]John Maynard Keynes
 * Keynes Against Capitalism: His Economic Case for Liberal Socialism by James Crotty
 * Liberal Socialism by [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] Carlo Rosselli

Articles

 * Socialists Don't Want to Destroy Liberalism. We Want to Go Beyond It. by Matt McManus
 * What is a "Liberal Socialist"? by Wendy Cockcroft
 * How to be a Conservative-Liberal-Socialist by Leszek Kołakowski
 * At the Liberal-Socialist Nexus by Paul Crider
 * What is Liberal Socialism? by Matthew McManus

Wikipedia

 * Liberal Socialism
 * Ethical Socialism
 * Fabian Society
 * Italian Action Party
 * Czech National Social Party
 * Left Together (Poland)
 * Ratz (Israel)
 * BreadTube

People
John Rawls
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] John Stuart Mill
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] John Maynard Keynes [[File:Keynes.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] Bertrand Russell
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] R. H. Tawney
 * [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Karl Polanyi
 * [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Eduard Bernstein [[File:Bernst.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Carlo Rosselli
 * [[File:Cball-South Africa.png]] Nelson Mandela [[File:ANC-icon.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Mikhail Gorbachev [[File:Gorb.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

YouTube

 * [[File:Vaushism.png]] Vowsh

Online Communities

 * r/LiberalSocialism