Civil Libertarianism
Civil libertarianismball is a culturally progressive, economically center ideology who lives in the bottom left of the center quadrant. He believes in the absolute preservation and expansion of civil liberties: civil libertarianism is on the front lines in fighting for secularism, women's rights, gay rights, legal drugs and privacy rights. Civil libertarianismball doesn't have a problem with a welfare state or economic regulation but he wants a legal code centered around individual freedom and the harm principle.
Despite his name he has more in common with the left than Libertarianball or ancap because his focus is on legal rights instead of economic liberalism. He tends to clash with right-libertarians by opposing private coercion as much as human rights violations by the state. He can sometimes be portrayed as scholarly with nerdy expertise knowledge of the law and unyielding in his positions. Usually civil libertarianism is apathetic about anything unrelated to civil rights, legal systems and individual rights.
Relationships
Friends
- Classical Liberalismball - Grandpa! He gave us the harm principle.
- Liberalismball - Dad taught me a lot!
- Anti-Authoritarianismball - Comrade in arms!
- Green-Liberalismball - Environmental rights and human rights.
- Social Libertarianismball - I don't know if UBI will work but his heart is in the right place
- Horseshoe Centrismball - No difference between a jackboot on your neck from the left or right.
- Feminismball - Men won't be free until women are liberated.
- LGBTball - I'll never stop fighting for you!
Frenemies
- Neoliberalismball - Slapping a pride sticker on a cop car won't change anything
- Social Democracyball - He hates free speech! Who gets to decide what constitutes "hate speech"?
- Libertarianball - The harm principles trumps property rights.
Enemies
- Conservatismball - You claim to want small government yet support the death penalty, police brutality and drug prohibition, how curious!
- Anarcho-Capitalismball - Privatized tyranny is no better than any other dictatorship.
- Naziball - The end result of eroding civil liberties.
- Neoconservatismball - Remove patriot act!
- Christian Theocracyball - I've kicked his ass in court more times than I can count.