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====[[File:Laicism.png]] Secularism====

In political terms, secularism is a movement towards the separation of religion and government (often termed the separation of church and state). This can refer to reducing ties between a government and a state religion, replacing laws based on scripture (such as Halakha, and Sharia) with civil laws, and eliminating discrimination based on religion. This is said to add to democracy by protecting the rights of religious minorities.

Within this view, social liberals and liberalism, in general, has a long tradition of secularism. [[File:Radlib.png]] [[Radicalism|Thomas Paine]], an American revolutionary and founding father famously said:

"I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life.

I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church. All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it, as I detest everything that is cruel."

[[File:Portrait of Thomas Paine.jpg|thumb|A portrait of American revolutionary and founding father, Thomas Paine.]]

It can be seen by many of the organizations (NGOs) for secularism that they prefer to define secularism as the common ground for all life stance groups, religious or atheistic, to thrive in a society that honors freedom of speech and conscience. An example of that is the National Secular Society in the UK. This is a common understanding of what secularism stands for among many of its activists throughout the world. However, many scholars of Christianity and conservative politicians seem to interpret secularism more often than not, as an antithesis of religion and an attempt to push religion out of society and replace it with atheism or a void of values, nihilism. This dual aspect (as noted above in "Secular ethics") has created difficulties in political discourse on the subject. It seems that most political theorists in philosophy following the landmark work of John Rawl's Theory of Justice in 1971 and its following book, Political Liberalism (1993), would rather use the conjoined concept of overlapping consensus rather than secularism. In the latter, Rawls holds the idea of an overlapping consensus as one of the three main ideas of political liberalism. He argues that the term secularism cannot apply;

But what is a secular argument? Some think of any argument that is reflective and critical, publicly intelligible and rational, as a secular argument; [...], Nevertheless, a central feature of political liberalism is that it views all such arguments the same way it views religious ones, and therefore these secular philosophical doctrines do not provide public reasons. Secular concepts and reasoning of this kind belong to first philosophy and moral doctrine and fall outside the domain of the political.

Still, Rawl's theory is akin to Holyoake's vision of a tolerant democracy that treats all life stance groups alike. Rawl's idea is that it is in everybody's interest to endorse "a reasonable constitutional democracy" with "principles of toleration". His work has been highly influential on scholars in political philosophy and his term, overlapping consensus, seems to have for many parts replaced secularism among them. In textbooks on modern political philosophy, like Colin Farelly's, An Introduction to Contemporary Political Theory, and Will Kymlicka's, Contemporary Political Philosophy, the term secularism is not even indexed and in the former, it can be seen only in one footnote. However, there is no shortage of discussion and coverage of the topic it involves. It is just called overlapping consensus, pluralism, multiculturalism or expressed in some other way. In The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory, there is one chapter called "Political secularism", by Rajeev Bhargava. It covers secularism in a global context, and starts with this sentence: "Secularism is a beleaguered doctrine."

Separation of church and state is but one possible strategy to be deployed by secular governments. From the democratic to the authoritarian, such governments share a concern to limit the religious side in the relationship. Each state may find its unique policy prescriptions. These may include separation, careful monitoring and regulation of organized religion such as in France, Turkey, and others.

A major impact on the idea of state religious liberty came from the writings of John Locke who, in his A Letter Concerning Toleration, argued in favor of religious toleration. He argued that government must treat all citizens and all religions equally and that it can restrict actions, but not the religious intent behind them.

====[[File:Scientocracy Small.png]] Technological Progress====

Social liberals tend to emphasize technological progress, more so than other liberals. Social liberals tend to believe that technological, and material progress brings about more prosperity than cultural or [[File:Religious.png]] [[:Category:Religious|spiritual]] progress.

And much like how [[File:Glib.png]] [[Green Liberalism]] outgrew social liberalism into a separate ideology, the same can be said for [[File:Neotech.png]] [[Technoliberalism]].

Technoliberalism is a political philosophy founded on ideas of liberty, individuality, responsibility, decentralization, and self-awareness. It also highlights the idea that technology should be available to everyone with minimal controls. Its core beliefs fit under five main interests that include the Construction of the Government, Economics, Civil Liberties, Education and Science, and the Environment. Technoliberals support such ideas as the balance of powers in the government, decentralization, affordable education, the protection of our planet, Fine Arts, and the freedom of speech and communication technologies.

In his book titled Technoliberalism, Adam Fish describes technoliberalism as a belief that networked technologies ameliorate the contradictions of a society that cherishes both the free market of economic liberalism and the social welfare of social liberalism. In this manner, technoliberalism has some links to neo-liberalism, yet with some core differences; "While Adam Smith conceived of a market that was in a way a natural and ineradicable part of the landscape (based on the human propensity 'to truck, barter and exchange'), and neoliberal thought continues to see the market in this way, technoliberalism holds up the idea that such complex systems can be contrived in their entirety" At the centre of the philosophy of Technoliberalism as a belief and a movement is "an overriding faith in technology, a suspicion of conventional modernist (top-down) institutions and a conviction that the aggregate effects of individual engagement of technology will generate social goods" Technoliberalism is about the combining of decentralism, individualism, responsibility and self-awareness, nothing in excess, sustainability, and engineering style regulation and governance. Its core beliefs fit under five main interests; Construction of the Government, Education and Science, Economics, the Environment, and Civil Liberties. They include:

*The protection of the individuals' freedom, whilst maintaining that of others.

*Free markets with strongly enforced rules.

*Fair taxation, especially of big companies.

*The protection of our planet through strong regulation on damage to the environment.

*The power of small and medium-sized businesses.

*The freedom of speech and communication technologies.

*The emphasis on technological advancements instead of the status quo.

==Personality==

Social Liberalism either acts like a stereotypical [[File:Cball-US.png]] western urban/suburban middle-class millennial, or a worn-out, sleepy old [[File:Cball-England.png]] English man, similar to [[File:Clib.png]] [[Classical Liberalism]]. If he's the former he's very modern and loves to read [[File:Analytic.png]] analytic philosophers such as [[File:World_Federalism2.png]] Bertrand Russell, [[File:Red Tory.png]] Ludwig Wittgenstein, [[File:Popper.png]] Karl Popper, as well as some earlier philosophers like [[File:Mill.png]] [[Civil Libertarianism|John Stuart Mill]]. He's also a massive [[w:Destiny_(streamer)|DGGer]].

If he's the latter he'll still read those [[File:Analytic.png]] analytic philosophers, although he'll usually take a much more pessimistic and [[File:pragmat.png]] pragmatic approach to politics. He'll also talk about "the glory days" like [[File:FDRism-alt.png]] FDR's presidency and the [[File:Fem.png]] [[Feminism|women's suffrage movement]].

==How to Draw==

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The Social Liberal design is the Social Democratic Rose in the Liberal colours of Blue and Gold.

#Draw a ball,

#Fill it with a similar shade of blue as Liberalism (#005C94),

#Draw a rose in gold (#EEE8AA),

#Draw the eyes, and you're done!

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==Relationships==

===Friends===

*[[File:Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment Thought]] - The greatest movement ever. Without you, I would be nothing.

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

*[[File:Clib.png]] [[Classical Liberalism]] - My grandfather, and second greatest influence.

*[[File:Civnat.png]] [[Civic Nationalism]] - The only acceptable nationalist.

*[[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism]] - Liberal Gang! Thanks for creating such a great system!

*[[File:Keynes.png]] [[Keynesian School]] - He has some very good ideas but I don't like his opinion on military matters.

*[[File:NuKeynesPix.png]] [[Keynesian School#Neo-Keynesianism|Neo-Keynesianism]] - Not very different from his father, although his spending habits are weird.

*[[File:Soccap.png]] [[Social Capitalism]] - Believes in having a moderate welfare state but wants freer markets.

*[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]] - A slightly more regulatory version of myself. We often form coalitions.

*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]] - A slightly less regulatory version of myself. If [[File:Socdem.png]] SocDem is one step to the left of me, then Neolib is one step to the right. I like you a lot, but please stop doing austerity. Although I do admit I have begun to warm up to you more recently.

*[[File:Socliber.png]] [[Social Libertarianism]] - My more extreme descendant, but his heart is definitely in the right place.

*[[File:LibSocDemIcon.png]] {{PCBA|Libertarian Social Democracy}} - An even more extreme version of me. You’re a bit misguided but you’re certainly an ally.

*[[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: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:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]] - Fellow liberal who fights for progress <s>goes a bit too far sometimes but still good</s>

*[[File:Regulationism.png]] [[Regulationism]] - Taught me that sometimes markets need rules and regulations.

*[[File:Neotech.png]] [[Technoliberalism]] - Fellow liberal, and a man of science. You have some interesting takes, not gonna lie.

*[[File:Libfem.png]] [[Liberal Feminism]] - My best friend! And my favorite sister.

*[[File:Glib.png]] [[Green Liberalism]] - My other best friend! I like a clean environment, too.

*[[File:Civlibert.png]] [[Civil Libertarianism]] - A good friend who defends the rights of all people.

*[[File:Bhl.png]] [[Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism]] - We’re both culturally progressive and support liberty, we just have some differences regarding economics.

*[[File:Reform.png]] [[Reformism]] - Change is good, murdering dissenters is bad.

*[[File:MilkTeaAlliance.png]] [[Anti-Authoritarianism|Milk-Tea Alliance]] - We work together against [[File:Rienthong.png]] fascists, absolutists and [[File:Dengf.png]] commies.

*[[File:3way.png]] [[Third Way]] [[File:Third Way - alt.png]] - The synthesis between me and [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]]. He shares my positions on safety nets and social programs.

*<s>[[File:Antijap.png]] [[Anti-Japaneseism]] - The time has come. Execute Order 9066.</s>

*[[File:Georgist.png]] [[Georgism]] - I think I am starting to warm up to the idea of implementing a Land Value Tax. Plus you're love for free trade is based.

*[[File:Socgeo.png]] [[Social Georgism]] - A bit better than his dad, but still maybe a little too out there; although I have to admit, [[File:Cball-Denmark.png]] [[Nordic Model|Denmark]] is pretty cool.

===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:Ecocap.png]] [[Eco-Capitalism]] - Look, in principle you have good intentions to stop big corporations from damaging the environment, but trying to greenwash the companies by saying that they're using "green" technology without market regulations, is not the answer!

*[[File:Liberalsoc.png]] [[Liberal Socialism]] - You're kinda like me, and we share credit for a lot of important theorists, but I am the Social Democrat to your Socialism so maybe you can understand why I would want to distance myself from, ahem, such radicals.

*[[File:Liberaltarianism.png]] [[Liberaltarianism]] - Better than the last guy, but still too libertarian.

*[[File:Nalib.png]] [[National Liberalism]] - Well, if it isn't Mr. "I'm too cool for [[File:Altr.png]] [[Alt-Right]]" himself. Although, I'll admit that [[w:Democratic_Progressive_Party|working with you isn't always so bad]].

*[[File:3princ.png]] [[Tridemism]] [[File:3princ-col.png]] - That healthcare system and land reforms are nice, but you need to face up to [[w:White_Terror_(Taiwan)|what you did]]. Also, stop calling me Green Taliban!!!

*[[File:Dsa.png]] [[Democratic Socialism]] - You have good cultural takes, but you're still way too far left.

*[[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!

*[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] - Some of my followers support interventionist foreign policy while others don't.

*[[File:Cdem.png]] [[Christian Democracy]] - One of my main opponents in elections, although your economic views aren't bad.

*[[File:Patcon.png]] [[Paternalistic Conservatism]] - Stop making conspiracy theories and lying about me, Tucker! I am not an Islamic Marxist! <s>Wait why do you call my book about economics one of the best?</s>

*[[File:Whitesup.png]] [[White Nationalism]] - I worked with you a lot in the USA,thanks for supporting the New Deal,but you really need to stop being so racist and culturally far right.<s>And Trudeau did blackface once.</s>

*[[File:Antifa.png]] [[Anti-Fascism]] - Look, in principle you're fine, but can you PLEASE stop making us look bad?

*[[File:Progconf.png]] [[Progressive Conservatism]] - Uhhh...based?

*[[File:Ford.png]] [[Fordism]] - As far as dystopian hellscapes go, you're not bad...

*[[File:Kemal.png]] [[Kemalism]] - You did the right thing to destroy the outdated Ottoman Empire and abolish the Caliphate, but you are too statist and nationalistic for my taste. At least you're much better than [[File:Ottoman.png]] [[File:Ittihad.png]] [[Neo-Ottomanism|th]][[İttihadism|em]] and the best leader Turkey ever had. It’s a shame that Erdogan is tarnishing your legacies and reversing your westernization and secularization policies.

*[[File:TrudeauLib.png]] [[State Liberalism|Justin Trudeau Thought]] - You did great at embracing my policies in Canada and making it an even better place but your later actions and your steps to freeze bank accounts of The Trucker Protestors and Keeping The Unvaccinated at home remind me of [[File:Darwinist.png]] [[Social Darwinism|Someone]].

*[[File:Ultraprogressivism.png]] [[Revolutionary Progressivism]] - You really need to calm down, kid. Progress is great and all, but you go way too far. Also, not a fan of your socialist ideas.

===Enemies===

*[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - I'M A LIBERAL, ALRIGHT?! Anyways, you were a horrible totalitarian genocidal commie. (But we did work together in WW2 to defeat [[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism|him]].)

*[[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism]] - Didn't I kick your genocidal ass out of Europe?

*[[File:Nazbol.png]] [[National Bolshevism]] - Combines the worst of the 2 above.

*[[File:Euras.png]] [[Fourth Theory]] - Global poor hater.

*[[File:Dengf.png]] [[Dengism]] - Nazbol with markets.

*[[File:Showa-kanmuri.png]] [[Showa Statism]] - That's what you get for sneak attacking me!

*[[File:Statlib.png]] [[State Liberalism]] - YOU'RE NOT A LIBERAL STOP CALLING YOURSELF ONE!

*[[File:Fiscon.png]] [[Fiscal Conservatism]] - If you were more concerned about helping people than you were about the deficit, maybe I'd be able to actually do something for once.

*[[File:Libertarian.png]] [[Libertarianism]] - Ok, [[File:Cap.png]] [[Capitalism|Capitalism's]] a great system, but if it ever collapses due to companies doing what they want, we will have to come to their rescue by using some [[File:Regulationism.png]] [[Regulationism|regulation]]. Also, stop calling me a socialist, I'm not [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|them]]!

*[[File:Ancapf.png]] [[Anarcho-Capitalism]] - No way, you think that big nukes are fine because they've been owned by McNuke™.

*[[File:Liberalconservative.png]] [[Liberal Conservatism]] [[File:Libconserv3.png]] - I'M NOT A [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism|SOCIALIST]]! At least you're better than [[File:Conservative.png]] [[Conservatism|him]] though.

*[[File:Marxfem.png]] [[Marxist Feminism]] - [[w:The_Subjection_of_Women|I was the original feminist.]] You're an embarrassment to our movement.

*[[File:Conservative.png]] [[Conservatism]] - My main ideological opponent for centuries, thankfully I'm beating you in America.

*[[File:Consocf.png]] [[Conservative Socialism]] - Conservatism, socialism, sounds like hell.

*[[File:Korwinism-Pikselart.png]] [[Korwinism]] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40hhc0cjYyg STOP BEING A SEXIST PRICK.]

*[[File:Trumpism.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism|Trumpism]] - Can't you just accept that I beat you and get over it? Pretty please?

*[[File:Ancom.png]] [[Anarcho-Communism]] - Your revolution is never coming and even if it did you'd lose.

*[[File:Corp.png]] [[Corporatocracy]] - It doesn't matter if you're big, STOP BUYING SMALL COMPANIES AND KILLING THE COMPETITION.

*[[File:Reactlib.png]] [[Reactionary Liberalism]] - You're the worst liberal that I have ever seen, also STOP CALLING ME A LIBERPROGRE, LAJE, AND MILEI.

*[[File:Reactlib-icon.png]] [[Reactionary Libertarianism]] - '''[comment removed by moderator]'''

==Further Information==

For overlapping political theory, see:<br>

{{Hatnote|<center><small>[[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism]], [[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]], [[File:Welf.png]] [[Welfarism]], [[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]], [[File:Keynes.png]] [[Keynesian School]], [[File:Regulationism.png]] [[Regulationism]], and [[File:3way.png]] [[Third Way]].</small></center>}}

===Literature===

*[https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/econ/ugcm/3ll3/mill/liberty.pdf On Liberty], [https://eet.pixel-online.org/files/etranslation/original/Mill,%20Principles%20of%20Political%20Economy.pdf Principles of Political Economy] and [https://www.laits.utexas.edu/poltheory/jsmill/cos/cos.int.html On Socialism] by [[File:Mill.png]] [[Civil Libertarianism|John Stuart Mill]]

*The Liberal Revolution and Liberal consciousness and working class by Piero Gobetti

*[https://giuseppecapograssi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/rawls99.pdf A Theory of Justice] by [[File:Rawls.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|John Rawls]]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061012215415/http://www.liberales.be/cgi-bin/en/showframe.pl?essay&verhofstadtucos Liberalism is the Best Cure for Poverty] by [[w:Dirk Verhofstadt|Dirk Verhofstadt]]

*[https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=2D96A251BAD338AE207A5B214319DAA1 The New Liberalism: Reconciling Liberty and Community] by Avital Simhoni and Davis Weinstein

*[https://books.google.com/books?id=tZywCwAAQBAJ Towards a Socio-Liberal Theory of World Development] by Arno Tausch and Fred Prager

*[[w:Two_Concepts_of_Liberty|Two Concepts of Liberty]] by [[File:LibSocDemIcon.png]] [[Social Libertarianism|Isaiah Berlin]]

*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XCJXR9X/ Rights From Wrongs: A Secular Theory of the Origins of Rights] by [[File:LibZion.png]] [[Kritarchy|Alan Dershowitz]]

*[[w:The_Conscience_of_a_Liberal|The Conscience of a Liberal]] by [[File:Newkeynes.png]] [[Keynesian School|Paul Krugman]]

*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/1861977972 The Orange Book: Reclaiming Liberalism] by [[File:OrangeBookLib.png]] [[Classical Liberalism|David Laws]] and [[File:OrangeBookLib.png]] [[Plutocracy|Paul Marshall]]

===Wikipedia===

*[[File:Soclib.png]] [[w:Social liberalism|Social Liberalism]]

*[[File:ModernLib.png]] [[W:Modern Liberalism in the United States|Modern Liberalism in the United States]]

*[[File:Libcorp.png]] [[W:Liberal_corporatism|Liberal corporatism]]

*[[File:Libfem.png]] [[W:Liberal Feminism|Liberal Feminism]]

*[[File:FDRismF.png]] [[w:New_Deal|New Deal]]

===Videos===

*[https://youtu.be/PnHbR8joYkM Social Democracy vs Social Liberalism Explained] by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdJo-swILdaeSLsfrkItlA Liberaven]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lph-Ucj-5U Classical vs. Social Liberalism] by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy8iQlZ9J-_eicKEDMnod4w Nick Carroll]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T1zNxEYdAA IdeoLogs: Interview With a Liberal] by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV9dvhHmpeToI8cgBl9aIww IdeoLogs]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jEdUlozX2U What is Liberalism? (and why it's the best!)] by [[File:Rawls.png]] [[Liberalism|The Liberal Professor]]

===Communities===

*[https://www.reddit.com/r/centerleftpolitics r/centerleftpolitics]

*[https://www.reddit.com/r/socialliberalism/ r/socialliberalism]

*[https://www.idrlabs.com/tests.php IDRlabs]

==Gallery==

===Portraits===

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