Liberal Socialism: Difference between revisions

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|title = [[File: Liberalsoc.png]] Liberal Socialism

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[[File:Orglib.png]] Organised Liberalism (by Bernstein)<br>

[[File:Ethsoc.png]] Ethical Socialism (Britain)<br>

[[File:Fabian.png]] [[Fabian Socialism|Fabianism]]<br>

[[File:Vaushism.png]] Vaushism (By people on this wiki)<br>

[[File:Radlib.png]] [[Radical liberalism]] (radlib)<br>

[[File:Nazi.png]] [[National Socialism|Hitlerism]] (by Steven Crowder)<br>

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[[File: Prgess.png]] [[:Category:Culturally Left|Culturally Left]]<br>

[[File:Soc.png]] [[:Category:Socialists|Socialists]]<br>

[[File:Lib.png]] [[:Category:Liberals|Liberals]] <br>

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[[File:Soc.png]] [[Socialism]] <br>

[[File:Radlib.png]] [[Radicalism]]<br>

[[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism]] <br>

[[File: Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism]] <br>

[[File:Bernst.png]] [[Bernsteinism]] <br>

[[File: Dsa.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]]<br>

[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]]<br>

[[File:Keynes.png]] [[Keynesianism]] <br>

[[File:Utsoc.png]] [[Utopian Socialism]] <br>

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[[File: Dsa.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]]<br>

[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]]<br>

[[File: Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism]] <br>

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'''Liberal Socialism''' ('''Liberalsoc''') is a political theory and ideology that believes that [[File:Soc.png]][[Socialism]] is an extension and an evolution of [[File:Lib.png]][[Liberalism]]. Liberal Socialists generally favour an economic system based around workplace democracy (which may or may not be complemented with a [[File:Marketsoc.png]][[Market Socialism|socialist market economy]]) and [[File:Dem.png]][[Democracy|Democratic]] and/or [[File:Republicanismpix.png]][[Republicanism|Republican]] governmental system. Liberal Socialists generally favour a view of history as going from [[File:Feud.png]][[Feudalism]] to liberalism to socialism; liberal socialists which favour [[File:Ormarxf.png]][[Marxism|Marxist]] 'scientific socialism' are generally called '[[File:Bernst.png]][[Bernsteinism|Bernsteinists]]' or 'Marxist [[File:Socdem.png]][[Social Democracy|Social Democrats]]'.

==History==

===[[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany===

{{Hatnote|''Main article: [[File:Bernst.png]] [[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'''<nowiki/>'.

The American [[File:Conserv.png]][[Conservatism|Conservative]] political commentator Steven Crowder used the term 'Liberal Socialist' to describe [[File:Nazi.png]][[National Socialism|Adolf Hitler]] who was the Führer of Germany from 1934 to 1945 who is known for his brutal regime, genocidal policy against non-Germanics and starting the Second World War.

===[[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 [[File:Soclib.png]][[Social Liberalism|Social Liberalism]] which is a type of liberalism which believes that economic freedom can be only achieved through an extensive social state; Although Mill is noted as going a step further favouring collectivised workplaces.

Liberal socialism of socialist origin in Britain can be found in the theories of the [[File:Christsoc.png]][[Christian Socialism|Christian Socialist]] historian and activist Richard Henry Tawney, who developed a theory of '<nowiki/>'''Ethical Socialism'''<nowiki/>'. 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 which wanted to achieve [[File:soc.png]][[Socialism]] through [[File:Dem.png]][[Democracy|Democratic]] means ([[File:Demsocstar.png]][[Democratic Socialism|Democratic Socialism]]). The ideology of the Fabian Society ('''Fabianism''') may in turn be characterised as a form of liberal socialism.

The term 'Liberal Socialism' was later used by the British economist [[File:Keynes.png]][[Keynesianism|John Maynard Keynes]] to describe his political ideology:

{{Quote|quote=The question is whether we are prepared to move out of the [[File:Clib.png]][[Classical Liberalism|nineteen-century laissez-faire]] state into an era of liberal socialism, by which I mean a system where we can act as an organised community for common purposes and to promote economic and social justice, whilst respecting and protecting the individual – his freedom of choice, his faith, his mind and its expression, his enterprise and his property.|speaker=[[File:Keynes.png]][[Keynesianism|John Maynard Keynes]]|source=Collected Writings, volume 2, page 500}}

===[[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 [[File:Ormarxf.png]][[Marxism|Marx]] and favoured [[File:Utsoc.png]][[Utopian Socialism|non-Marxist socialism]]. Carlo Rosseli founded Justice and Liberty (Italian: ''Giustizia e Libertà'') which was a resistance movement against the [[File:Fash.png]][[Fascism|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.

The American left-wing Youtuber VaushV, a self-described [[File:Marketsoc.png]][[Market Socialism|Market Socialist]] and an [[File:AnSynd.png]][[Anarcho-Syndicalism|Anarcho-Syndicalist]] as well a reformist in support of the U.S. Democratic party is very commonly called a liberal by opponents and a socialist by supporters. Therefore some people on the Polcompball community have taken to call Vaush a liberal socialist with Vaush's specific brand of liberal socialism being called '''Vaushism'''.

==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==

[[File:Liberalsoc_flag.svg|thumb|220x220px]]

Liberal socialism's symbol is a crossed ''hammer and quill,'' the symbol of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_National_Social_Party Czech National Social Party] and of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Civic_Union Radical Civic Union] which were historically regarded as liberal socialist parties. The symbol of the hammer and quill represent solidarity between workers and clerks.

# Draw a ball

# Draw a red (#D00505) hammer and a feather crossed

#Add the eyes and you're done!

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==Relations==

===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.

=== Frenemies===

*[[File: Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism]] - I like your liberal principles and focus on welfare but you focus too much on preserving capitalism.

*[[File: Soc.png]] [[Socialism]] - I wish you would realize socialism needs liberalism.

*[[File: Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]] - We are similar, you just take things a bit too far.

*[[File: Consocf.png]] [[Conservative Socialism]] - I like the socialism, the conservatism, not so much.

===Enemies===

*[[File: ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - REEEEE, out of here illiberal authoritarian!

*[[File: Nazi.png]] [[National Socialism]] - You are not a socialist at all, you are just an illiberal authoritarian who's also racist!

*[[File: Conserv.png]] [[Conservatism]] - Almost my complete opposite!

==Further Information==

For overlapping ideologies see:

<center><small>[[File:Soc.png]][[Socialism]], [[File:Soclib.png]][[Social Liberalism]], [[File:Lib.png]][[Liberalism]], [[File:Socdem.png]][[Social Democracy]], [[File:Dsa.png]][[Democratic Socialism]], [[File:Bernst.png]][[Bernsteinism]],<br> [[File:Marketsoc.png]][[Market Socialism]], [[File:Radlib.png]][[Radicalism]], [[File:Jack.png]][[Jacobinism]], [[File:Keynes.png]][[Keynesianism]]</small></center>

===Literature===

*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275419 Equality] by [[File:Christsoc.png]][[Christian Socialism|Henry Richard Tawney]]

*[https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/wilshire-fabian-essays-in-socialism Fabian Essays in Socialism] by The Fabian Society

*[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bernstein/works/1899/evsoc/index.htm Evolutionary Socialism] by [[File:Bernst.png]][[Bernsteinism|Eduard Bernstein]]

*[https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/mill/liberty.pdf On Liberty] and [https://eet.pixel-online.org/files/etranslation/original/Mill,%20Principles%20of%20Political%20Economy.pdf Principles of Political Economy] by [[File:Soclib.png]][[Social Liberalism|John Stuart Mill]]

*[https://philosophyintrocourse.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/rawls-theory-of-justice.pdf A Theory of Justice] by John Rawls

*[https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/125515/1366_KeynesTheoryofEmployment.pdf The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money] by [[File:Keynes.png]][[Keynesianism|John Maynard Keynes]]

*[https://b-ok.cc/book/5326072/9298be Keynes Against Capitalism: His Economic Case for Liberal Socialism] by James Crotty

===Articles===

*[https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/10/socialism-liberalism-marx Socialists Don't Want to Destroy Liberalism. We Want to Go Beyond It.] by Matt McManus

*[https://medium.com/@wendycockcroft/what-is-a-liberal-socialist-c6de6584f304 What is a "Liberal Socialist"?] by Wendy Cockcroft

*[https://www.unz.com/print/Encounter-1978oct-00046/ How to be a Conservative-Liberal-Socialist] by Leszek Kołakowski

===Wikipedia===

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_socialism Liberal Socialism]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_socialism Ethical Socialism]

*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_Society Fabian Society]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Party_(Italy) Italian Action Party]

**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Rosselli Carlo Rosselli]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_National_Social_Party Czech National Social Party]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Together Left Together (Poland)]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratz_(political_party) Ratz (Israel)]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell Bertrand Russell]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rawls John Rawls]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela Nelson Mandela]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._H._Tawney R.H. Tawney]

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