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Democratism redirects here. For the ideology that advocates for a political system based on voting, see Democracy

Big Tent Liberalism also known as Syncretic Liberalism is a political ideology that seeks to incorporate elements of various types of liberalism as to accommodate a common goal.

History

Canada

Liberal Party

Czech Republic

ANO 2011 (YES 2011 in Czech) is a Czech centrist, populist political party founded in 2011 by Andrej Babiš, owner of the Agrofert company. The goals of the party were to fight corruption and other discontents in political life. In general, the party does not adhere to any specific ideology, but uses public dissatisfaction with the series of political scandals in Czech Republic.

The party advocates, in particular, for the abolition of parliamentary immunity, reduction of taxes for entrepreneurs, reduction of electricity tariffs, assistance in employment of people of pre-retirement age and the disabled. The party also seeks to clean the police, prosecutors and state oversight bodies of political figures, and intends to double the funding for science.

Latvia

Development/For!

Poland

Civic Coalition

United Kingdom

Whigs: New and Old

United States

Big Tent Liberalism in the United States is found in the Democratic Party.

The early version of Democratic party spun off from the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson, which split over the choice of who would succeed president James Monroe. The Democratic Party was founded by Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, both of whom supported Jeffersonian principles. Its original rival, the American System, went bust over the issue of slavery in the 1850s. In 1854, anti-slavery Democrats left the party and joined with some anti-slavery Whigs to form their fiercest rival, the Republicans.

Up to this point, Democrats supported limited government, state sovereignty and slavery, while opposing banks. Following the Civil War, that all changed when Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected into presidency in 1932, came forth with a wealth of government programs called the New Deal. New Deal liberalism meant the regulation of business and the promotion of labour unions, as well as federal spending to aid the unemployed, help distressed farmers and undertake large-scale public works projects. The opponents to the new deal started calling themselves " Conservatives".

Until the 1980s, the Democrats were divided between two factions: liberals in the North, and conservatives in the South. After Roosevelt's death, these already quite opposing groups grew even more polarized. This eventually led to most conservatives jumping ship to the Republican Party, thanks in part to the Southern strategy, a republican electoral strategy to increase their white voterbase by promoting conservative ideas such as hawkish defence policy and adherence to traditional values.

In modern times, the Democratic Party remains with social liberalism, with some more leftist factions within it. Their most recent victory was the election of Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States in 2020.

Personality

Stylistic Notes

Syncretic Liberalism is always seen under a tent, which follows him around wherever he goes. The tent does not need supports to stand up, and can be as big as SyncLib wants it to be. Inside the tent, there are many amenities for the ideologies within it, like food and bathrooms.

How to Draw

Drawing SyncLib is quite simple:

Draw a ball.
Fill it with Payne's grey.
Draw a white liberalism symbol (a circle and 5 white lines going through to about halfway, all coming from the bottom left of the circle, the same color as the ball's body).
Add eyes and color them light cyan.
Draw a tent outline with phthalo blue, first drawing the top of the tent and then the bottom.
Color the top of the tent with Saint Patrick blue.
Color the inside of the tent Oxford blue.
Done!

	HEX	RGB
Payne's Grey	#404040	64, 64, 64
White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255
Light Cyan	#CDFFFF	205, 255, 255
Phthalo Blue	#00137F	0, 19, 127
Saint Patrick blue	#24317C	36, 49, 124
Oxford blue	#12183D	18, 24, 61

Relations

Friends

Third Way - Fellow liberal who loves to compromise on issues.
Liberal Conservatism - Makes older Democrats think I'm a viable strategy.
Radical Centrism - Ah, I feel like I'm looking at the mirror.
Populism - As you can see, I don't follow any ideology. I follow what people think ~~unless they want their hospital bills to be a lot lower~~.

Frenemies

National Bolshevism - Hey, while we should incorporate both left-wing and right-wing ideas, uh, please don't go that far left or that far right.
Dead Centrism - I like Moderatism, but you take it too far, which defeats the point of Moderatism. Also, we should incorporate ideas from both sides, not just go directly between all of them.

Enemies

Social Democracy - I do not take advantage of older Democrats who are desperate to return to a bygone era of compromise! Also, stop saying I'm a fake centrist because I don't find a midpoint between capitalism and socialism!
Paleoconservatism - Keeps saying big tents are bad, I don't like it, he's mean!

Further Information

Wikipedia

Parties

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 Up to this point, Democrats supported limited government, state sovereignty and slavery, while opposing banks. Following the Civil War, that all changed when Franklin D. Roosevelt, elected into presidency in 1932, came forth with a wealth of government programs called the New Deal. New Deal liberalism meant the regulation of business and the promotion of labour unions, as well as federal spending to aid the unemployed, help distressed farmers and undertake large-scale public works projects. The opponents to the new deal started calling themselves "[[File:Conserv.png]] [[Conservatism|Conservatives]]".
-Until the 1980s, the Democrats were divided between two factions: [[File: Lib.png]] [[Liberalism|liberals]] in the North, and [[File:Liberalconservative.png]] conservatives in the South. After Roosevelt's death, these already quite opposing groups grew even more polarized. This eventually led to most conservatives jumping ship to the [[File:RepubUS.png]] Republican Party, thanks in part to the Southern strategy, a republican electoral strategy to increase their white voterbase by promoting racism and pushing against civil rights.
+Until the 1980s, the Democrats were divided between two factions: [[File: Lib.png]] [[Liberalism|liberals]] in the North, and [[File:Liberalconservative.png]] conservatives in the South. After Roosevelt's death, these already quite opposing groups grew even more polarized. This eventually led to most conservatives jumping ship to the [[File:RepubUS.png]] Republican Party, thanks in part to the Southern strategy, a republican electoral strategy to increase their white voterbase by promoting conservative ideas such as hawkish defence policy and adherence to traditional values.
 In modern times, the Democratic Party remains with [[File:Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism|social liberalism]], with some more [[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy|leftist]] [[Left-Wing Populism|factions]] [[File:Lpop.png]] within it. Their most recent victory was the election of [[File:Bidenism.png]] Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States in 2020.