Liberal Socialism

Liberal Socialism (Libsoc) is an economically centre-left to far-left political theory and ideology that believes that Socialism is an extension of or compatible with of  Liberalism. There is no one conception of what Liberal Socialism is, but rather, many different (sometimes contradictory) definitions.

[[File:Soclib.png]]As Liberal Mixed Economy[[File:Socdem.png]]
Liberal Socialism can sometimes mean liberalism which operates through a robust mixed economy, without intentions of transferring to a fully socialist system. This often pans out as a slightly more left wing version of what is otherwise indistinguishable from Social Liberalism or  Social Democracy.

[[File:Marketsoc.png]]As Socialist Liberal Democracy[[File:Liberal Democracy.png]]
Alternatively, Liberal Socialism can mean a Liberal Democracy that would have a  Market Socialist economy, or a  Democratic Socialist society that would have free markets, minimal regulations, and very few (if any) planning.

[[File:Bernst.png]]As Liberal/Socialist Reform[[File:Swhf.png]]
Another way of looking at liberal socialism is as an attempt to reform a liberal economy into a fully socialist one, or alternatively, as the liberalization of a centralized State Socialist government.

[[File:Clib.png]]As Historiography[[File:Progress.png]]
Liberal Socialism can be seen as a view of history as going from Feudalism to  Liberalism, and then Finally to  Socialism. This conception tends to view Socialism as the best way carry on the  Classical Liberal principles of  Equality and   Liberty.

[[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.)

[[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazil
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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:Bernst.png]] Bernsteinism - One of my oldest friends.
 * [[File:Civlibert.png ]] Civil Libertarianism - Hoary for human rights!
 * [[File: Dsa.png]] Democratic Socialism - We're lowkey the same.
 * [[File: Marketsoc.png]] Market Socialism - We are very similar with some minor differences.
 * [[File:Prog-u.png]] Progressivism - We often take a similar view of history, and tend to have a similar commitment to reform.
 * [[File:Ricardosoc.png]] Ricardian Socialism - Weird friend, but I love them anyway.
 * [[File: Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - You are so close, just be a lil bit more like you're dad.
 * [[File:Swhf.png ]] Socialism with a Human Face - Good try buddy! To bad it didn't work out.

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, welfare, and 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.
 * [[File:Fabian.png]] Fabian Socialism - I'm glad you like my ideas, but what's with the Eugenics?
 * [[File:Tito.png]] Titoism - Still too authoritarian, but you're pretty tolerable when compared to other AuthLefts.
 * [[File:Marxfem.png]] Marxist Feminism - I like your social justice and socialism, but you are too communist and friendly with [[File:ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism.

Enemies

 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - Psychotic tankie who calls me a fat degenerate and wants to curb stomp me. Debate 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:Dengf.png]] Dengism - An illiberal authoritarian that tankies simp for!
 * [[File: Conserv.png]] Conservatism - Almost my complete opposite!
 * [[File:Plcn2.png]] Paleoconservatism - F*ck you boomer
 * [[File:Cball-South_Africa_alt.png]] Apartheid South Africa [[File:NasionaleParty(Apartheid).png]] - Haha Apartheid go bye bye!
 * [[File:Thatcher.png]] Thatcherism - It doesn't matter if you are a liberal, because You called Mandela's political party a "terrorist organisation" and refused to impose sanctions on apartheid!

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:Bernstein.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

Videos

 * Breadtube vs Economics #1: Response to Philosophy Tube on Housing
 * How Privatisation Fails: Railways
 * I Ruin Apartheid by Making it Political

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
 * BreadTube

People

 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] John Stuart Mill [[File:Mill.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] John Maynard Keynes [[File:Keynes.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] Bertrand Russell [[File:Guildsoc.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] R. H. Tawney [[File:Ethsoc.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Karl Polanyi [[File:Christsoc.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Eduard Bernstein [[File:Bernstein.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Carlo Rosselli [[File:Demsocstar.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] John Rawls [[File:Soclib.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-South Africa.png]] Nelson Mandela [[File:Mandela.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Mikhail Gorbachev [[File:Gorb.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Alexander Kerensky [[File:Kerensky.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Cornel West [[File:Socdem.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [[File:AOC.png]]

Organizations/Parties

 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] Fabian Society [[File:Fabian.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Italian Action Party [[File:Soclib.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] Czech National Social Party [[File:Demsocstar.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Poland.png]] Left Together [[File:Demsocstar.png]]
 * [[File:zio.png]] Ratz [[File:labzion.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-South_Africa.png]] African National Congress [[File:ANC-icon.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Democratic Socialists or America [[File:Dsa.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Workers Party [[File:Lula.png]]

YouTube

 * [[File:Vaushism.png]] Vowsh

Online Communities

 * r/LiberalSocialism
 * r/BreadTube