Liberal Socialism, not to be confused Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination social liberalism or Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination libertarian socialism, is a broad set of political movements which combine Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination liberal democratic values with Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination socialist economics. A liberal socialist society could be said to be one in which all members of society are granted a set of inalienable positive and negative rights combined with an economic system based workplace democracy.
The term "Liberal Socialism" is also commonly used for ideologies that combine the economic systems of liberalism and socialism like Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination social democracy, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination democratic socialism, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination market socialism and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination social liberalism.
History
Wikipedia states that Liberal Socialism's "ideas can be traced to John Stuart Mill, who theorised that capitalist societies should experience a gradual process of socialisation through worker-controlled enterprises, coexisting with private enterprises."
Tenets
Liberal Socialist ideology tends to support a mixed economy that consists of both private property and social ownership.
How to Draw
Czech National Social Party design
Liberal socialism's symbol is a crossed hammer and quill, the symbol of the Czech National Social Party which is historically regarded as liberal socialist party. 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!
Action Party design
The logo belongs to the Action Party; Italian party of liberal socialist ideology.
- Draw a ball
- Draw the logo of the Action Party
- Add the eyes and you're done!
Relations
Friends
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Democratic Socialism -
We're lowkey the same. - Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Market Socialism - We are very similar with some minor differences.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Social Democracy - You are so close, just move a little further away from capitalism.
Frenemies
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Social Liberalism - I like your liberal principles and focus on welfare but you focus too much on preserving capitalism.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Socialism - I wish you would realize socialism needs liberalism.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Libertarian Socialism - We are similar, you just take things a bit too far.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Conservative Socialism - I like the socialism, the conservatism, not so much.
Enemies
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Marxism–Leninism - REEEEE, out of here illiberal authoritarian!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination National Socialism - You are not a socialist at all, you are just an illiberal authoritarian who's also racist!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Conservatism - Almost my complete opposite!
Further Information
For overlapping political theory see:
Literature
- Fabian Essays in Socialism by The Fabian Society
- Evolutionary Socialism by Eduard Bernstein
- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
- A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
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
