Liberalism

"Not to be confused with Progressivism."

Liberal Democracy (LibDem) or just Liberalism (Lib) is a centre-ish, culturally left ideology which is regarded as being the dominant ideology within "the western world" (Europe, The Americas and Oceania). He is also dominant in some countries in Africa, although most African countries usually are Social Democratic or Authoritarian. There is not much liberalism in Asia.

What separates Liberal Democracy from Classical Liberalism is an emphasis on social justice and social equality as compared with its predecessor. He also with his dad, Classical Liberal, influences a lot of liberal ideologies. Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality before the law. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but they generally support free markets, free trade, limited government, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), capitalism, democracy, secularism, gender equality, racial equality, internationalism, freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion. Yellow is the political colour most commonly associated with liberalism, along with some blue.

Liberalism became a distinct movement in the Age of Enlightenment, when it became popular among Western philosophers and economists. Liberalism sought to replace the norms of hereditary privilege, state religion, absolute monarchy, the divine right of kings and traditional conservatism with representative democracy and the rule of law. Liberals also ended mercantilist policies, royal monopolies and other barriers to trade, instead promoting free trade and free markets. Philosopher John Locke is often credited with founding liberalism as a distinct tradition, based on the social contract, arguing that each man has a natural right to life, liberty and property and governments must not violate these rights. While the British liberal tradition has emphasized expanding democracy, French liberalism has emphasized rejecting authoritarianism and is linked to nation-building.

Personality
Liberalism is often shown getting easily angered or "Triggered" by others and is shown to not be the biggest fan of violence. He is often schooled in debates.

How to Draw
Lib_flag.svg Liberalism's design is based on a flag designed by u/Aransentin on r/neoliberal. The golden circle represents the world with the bars representing the invisible hand of the free market reaching around.
 * 1) Draw a ball with Eyes
 * 2) Make it blue (preferably (#006aa7) shade of blue)
 * 3) Draw a golden/yellow circle (#ffd700) and then make dents in it of the blue color. (Symbolizes the world being held by the invisible hand of the market)

You're done.

Friends

 * [[File:Clib.png]] Classical Liberalism - Love you dad!
 * [[File:Soclib.png]] Social Liberalism - My progressive nephew that also cares about social justice. He may be wonky sometimes.
 * [[File:Liberalconservative.png]] Liberal Conservatism - Our own culture makes us happy.
 * [[File:Libfem.png]] Liberal Feminism - Women have the right to be free!
 * [[File:Glib.png]] Green Liberalism - Thank you for protecting the environment when I can't, I really appreciate it.
 * [[File:Orlib.png]] Ordo-Liberalism - My german child, though he can be a little to the right sometimes.

Frenemies

 * [[File:Conserv.png]] Conservatism [[File:Con-t.png]] - You're alright but stop calling me a libtard. >:( You're the conservatard!
 * [[File:Prog.png]] Progressivism - I like your social values but hate it when people confuse me with you. And drop the socialism stuff, please.
 * [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] Liberal Socialism - I like your dedication to liberal values, but socialism, I don't really like it.
 * [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism - Based liberal but too far to the right. You also like those authoritarians.

Enemies

 * [[File:Nazi.png]] National Socialism - 1945 best year of my life! I hope my German son beats you up.
 * [[File:Statlib.png]] State Liberalism - NO YOU ARE NOT A LIBERAL! YOU ARE A DESPOT WITH PINK PAINT!
 * [[File:ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - Complete abolishment of freedom. When the USSR fell I was in ecstasy.
 * [[File:Merc.png]] Mercantilism - You've had your time, now I'm the status quo, deal with it!
 * [[File:Fash.png]] Fascism - YOU COMPLETELY DISGUST ME! ALSO ABOLISHMENT OF FREEDOM!

Wikipedia

 * Liberalism
 * Liberal Democracy
 * Economic Liberalism
 * Cultural liberalism

Gallery
Demokracja liberalna