Social Liberalism

Social Liberalism (SocLib) also called Left-Liberalism (LeftLib), Modern Liberalism (ModLib), Welfare Liberalism (WelLib) and New Liberalism (NewLib) is an economically center-right to center-left, civically liberal, and culturally progressive political ideology which combines elements of liberal democracy and  economic interventionism in the name of "ensuring economic justice as well as civil liberty".

History
Social Liberalism started in the United Kingdom as a trend within the Liberal Party that moved away from laissez-faire economics, accepting certain market regulations, and moved more towards a social welfare system and from the more traditional classical liberal deontological view of morality to a more utilitarian view of morality based on the philosophy of Jeremy Bentham.

The most influential figure behind the move towards this kind of liberalism is the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, who believed in certainly free markets along with welfare systems to assure equal opportunities.

Many governments throughout the modern world have successfully adopted social liberal policies.

Beliefs
SocLib believes in modestly regulated capitalism with a large social safety net in a similar vein to Social Democracy. Unlike more leftist ideologies, however, SocLib believes that it's best for such a system to have taxes and regulations low enough to create as much tax revenue as realistically possible for the social programs while also providing as much economic freedom to the people as is practical.

Personality
Social Liberalism acts like a stereotypical western urban/suburban middle-class millennial.

How to Draw
Soclib flag(2).png The Social Liberal design is the Social Democratic Rose in the Liberal colours of Blue and Gold.
 * 1) Draw a ball,
 * 2) Fill it with the same shade of blue as Liberalism (#006AA7),
 * 3) Draw a rose in gold (#FFD700),
 * 4) Draw the eyes, and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File:Radlib.png]] Radicalism - My father, and greatest influence.


 * [[File:Clib.png]] Classical Liberalism - My grandfather and second greatest influence.
 * [[File:Lib.png]] Liberalism - Liberal Gang! Thanks for creating such a great system!
 * [[File:Keynes.png]] Keynesianism - He have some very good ideas but I don't like his opinion on military matters.
 * [[File:NuKeynesPix.png]] Neo-Keynesianism - Not very different from his father, although his spending habits are weird.
 * [[File:Soccap.png]] Social Capitalism and [[File:Socliber.png]] Social Libertarianism - Believes in having a moderate welfare state, but wants freer markets.
 * [[File:Orlib.png]] Ordo-Liberalism - We share the principle of moderately regulated markets with a welfare state.
 * [[File:Nordmodel.png]] Nordic Model - Same as Ordo-liberalism.
 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - A slightly more regulationist version of myself. We hang out all the time.
 * [[File:3way.png]] Third Way [[File:Third Way - alt.png]] - A good friend of mine who spreads my ideas well.
 * [[File:NatProg.png]] Bull Moose Progressivism - My cool older cousin. Hope you don't mind if I borrowed some of your notes for the New Deal cuz.
 * [[File:Progress.png]] Progressivism - Helping out the poor, protecting civil liberties? What's not to like?

Frenemies

 * [[File:Lpop.png]] Left-Wing Populism - Sometimes helpful for me, but he's still too radical.
 * [[File:Socauth.png]] Social Authoritarianism - Your economic ideas are ok, but you scare me.
 * [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] Liberal Socialism - You're kinda like me, but take things a bit too far.
 * [[File:Socgeo.png]] Social Georgism - LVT is a fairly radical idea, the voters may not be down with it.
 * [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism - I like most of your ideas, but shouldn't there be more welfare programs?
 * [[File:Nalib.png]] National Liberalism - Heh, if it isn't this Mr. "I'm too cool for [[File:Altr.png]] Alt-Right" himself. Although, I'll admit that working with you isn't always so bad.
 * [[File:3princ.png]] Tridemism [[File:3princ-col.png]] - That health care system is nice, but why is it so hard for you to face what you had done?
 * [[File:Long.png]] Longism - If I borrow some of your "Sharing the Wealth" ideas, will you stop bugging me for not going far enough? And stop working with the mob!

Enemies

 * [[File:ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - I'M A LEFTIST, OK?! Anyways, you are somewhat racist and authoritarian you commie.
 * [[File:Nazi.png]] National Socialism - Didn't I kicked your genocidal ass out of Europe?
 * [[File: Nazbol.png]] National Bolshevism - Combines the worse of the 2 above.
 * [[File:Showa.png]] Showa Statism - That's what you get for sneak attacking me!
 * [[File:Necon.png]] Neoconservatism - My primary opponent in American elections, we need to bring home the troops unless I was the one who sent them there in the first place !

Further Information
For overlapping political theory, see:

Literature

 * On Liberty, Principles of Political Economy and On Socialism by John Stuart Mill
 * The Liberal Revolution and Liberal consciousness and working class by Piero Gobetti
 * A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
 * Liberalism is the best Cure for Poverty by Dirk Verhofstadt
 * The New Liberalism: Reconciling Liberty and Community by Avital Simhoni and Davis Weinstein
 * Towards a Socio-Liberal Theory of World Development by Arno Tausch and Fred Prager
 * Two Concepts of Liberty by Isaiah Berlin
 * Rights From Wrongs: A Secular Theory of the Origins of Rights by Alan Dershowitz
 * The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman

Wikipedia

 * Social Liberalism
 * Liberal corporatism
 * John Stuart Mill
 * John Rawls
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt
 * New Deal
 * John Maynard Keynes
 * Brian Tyler Cohen

Videos

 * Social Democracy vs Social Liberalism Explained by Liberaven
 * Classical vs. Social Liberalism by Nick Carroll
 * IdeoLogs: Interview With a Liberal by IdeoLogs

Communities

 * r/centerleftpolitics
 * r/socialliberalism

Gallery
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