Social Libertarianism

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Not to be confused with Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism.

"The United States should provide an annual income of $12,000 for each American aged 18–64, with the amount indexed to increase with inflation. It would require a constitutional supermajority to modify or amend. ... The poverty line is currently $11,770. We would essentially be bringing all Americans to the poverty line and alleviate gross poverty."

Social Libertarianism, clipped to SocBert, is a civically libertarian, economically variable (ranges from Center-Left to Center-Right) ideology that leans culturally left. It advocates for a robust decentralized government and social welfare. SocBert believes that both Negative liberty (i.e. freedom to do stuff) and Positive liberty (i.e. freedom from forces such as poverty, bad health, and pollution) are equally important or Real freedom (i.e. negative freedom with possess the resources or capacities actually to carry out their will) is important and therefore libertarian ideology should be reformed to view liberty & justice as being free from all forms of domination instead of only freedom from the state. Socbert tends to agree with libertarianism on most issues(Although the approach to the problem is somewhat different), but disagrees on economics and welfare, believing that a welfare state (ideally through universal basic income or a negative income tax) and some forms of regulation are needed to guarantee positive liberties. Social Libertarians either support regular social democratic economic polices ( Libertarian Social Democracy) or social capitalism ( Yangism), depending on which variant.

Furthermore, Most Social libertarians are against foreign intervention because they have non-interventionist beliefs based on pacifism and pragmatism. However, that isn’t always true, with Andrew Yang endorsing for interventionists like Chris Christie or Dean Phillips, and Mary Peltola voting to keep U.S. troops in Syria.

Beliefs

Social libertarianism is a political philosophy that endorses individual liberties, limited government, and a social market economy through culturally progressive reforms and decentralization. It is considered center-left to centrist within the context of the political spectrum however some variants lean center-right. They support the expansion of civil liberties and equal opportunities through the common good, which corresponds with their individualistic philosophy. Social libertarianism advocates for a robust decentralized limited government and social welfare commonly through the means of UBI or NIT. Some Social Libertarians believe in other policies and beliefs such as geo-distributistism but all follow the same core tenants which constitutes the ideology of Social Libertarianism.

Core tenants of Social Libertarianism include:

Social-Market Economy & Welfare

Social Libertarians would ideally be inclined to use a Social-Market economic system which combines a free-market capitalist economic system alongside social policies and enough regulation to establish both fair competition within the market and generally a welfare state. Furthermore, this economic system would allow things such as private property, free trade, free market, market competition, mild to moderate economic interventionism, and a welfare state. Most Social Libertarians agree that a suitable method to fund the welfare state would be Land Value Taxation , Government revenues from public enterprises and even in some instances Value Added Taxation(Especially in USA by Yangism).

The most well known welfare policies that Social Libertarians all advocate for is universal basic income or a negative income tax, however some more left-leaning variants would advocate for a more robust system intertwining Single Payer Healthcare or Universal Catastrophic Coverage, Free Public Education and in some instances paid-for social housing. The aim of the Welfare state or social-safety nets is not to subsidise complacency as most Libertarians would put it, but to ensure everyone has an equal starting line when participating in the competitive free market which is prone to contain inequalities and dominion over the individual which violates a person's individual liberty and disallows fair competition.

Individual Liberty

Social Libertarians believe that Negative liberty and Positive liberty are equally important or Real Freedom is important; through this philosophy an ideal Social Libertarian government should provide basic necessities to guard people from domination whether that would be from Poverty or damages to the Environment. This would be done through implementing regulations which would prevent corporations from violating a persons liberty and protecting them from unfair domination, however regulations which if were not present would not violate a persons individual liberty are deemed unnecessary.

In addition, Social Libertarians prefer active solutions to social issues. So they mainly emphasizes that state intervention isn't actually effective, rather than making dogmatic arguments that "state has no authority to intervention" like right-wing libertarians in any matter on social issues. For example, Social Libertarians are usually in favor of decriminalizing "Victimless crimes", but prefers a careful approach if such crimes cause social costs. However, social norms or customs themselves are not justifiable to violate individual freedom and rights.

According to the philosophy of Social Libertarianism, state intervention can be justified because not only Negative Liberty — which means to be from state intervention — but also Positive Liberty — to be free from social problems — is important. However, Social Libertarians are still libertarian because individual freedom and rights are limited only when they violate other individual freedom and rights, and they think Negative and Positive Liberty are both important. (It's similar to Civil Libertarianism.)

Decentralisation

As in the name, Social Libertarians advocate for a decentralised small government which minimally interferes or does not at all interfere with the lives of a person outside of welfare and social safety nets. Furthermore Social Libertarians support Direct Democracy or in some instances Semi-Direct Democracy, this system maximises freedoms & liberties whilst keeping state power and bureaucracy to a minimal. Most Social Libertarians argue that an ideal Social Libertarian government would be closely structured to the Helvetic Model.

But they're not anarchists because they think the state that will gurantee and protect positive liberty and civil liberties are important. (It's also similar to Civil Libertarianism.)

History

(WIP) Social libertarianism is not a "formal" ideology, since it lacks unifying doctrinal theory or a single founder. However, various 21st century figures could be considered social libertarians, combining the welfare state with minarchism. The movement was influenced by Social Liberalism and Libertarianism(In a large sense).

Variants

Yangism

Yangism is a economically center to center-right, culturally left-wing and civically libertarian-leaning ideology, based off the views of former Democratic Party candidate and Forward Party founder Andrew Yang.

  • Human-Centred Capitalism is a reformed version of Capitalism which is geared towards maximising human well-being and fulfillment, instead of corporate profits. It also would replace several traditional economic metrics with an "American Scorecard".
  • Yang is well-known for his advocacy for Universal Basic Income (UBI). His most famous policy is Freedom Dividend, a $1,000-per-month UBI that is given to all US citizens aged 18 or older regardless of employment status, to help fight off job displacement from automation.
  • In addition to UBI and human-centered capitalism, single-payer healthcare (Medicare for All) was a fundamental aspect of Yang's platform. Furthermore, he also added that he would "would keep the option of private insurance" as his goal was to "demonstrate to the American people that private insurance is not what [they] need" and that Medicare for All is "superior to [their] current insurance."
  • Yang was opposed to making public colleges tuition-free, but did support investing in community colleges to drastically reduce their tuition and Student Loan forgiveness.
  • However a slight deviation from common Social Libertarian ideas, Yang was known to support some forms of foreign intervention such as combatting Russian Expansionism, however he favored more diplomatic approaches to solutions.

Libertarian Social Democracy

Libertarian Social Democracy, sometimes referred to as Left-Leaning Social Libertarianism is an economically center to center-left and civically libertarian ideology which is often erroneously called "Moderate Social Democracy". It constitutes of take the general principles of Social Libertarianism such as welfare, civil liberties & social-market economics and amplify them, often advocating for a more developed welfare state and robust selection of social safety nets. As all Social Libertarians they advocate for UBI or NIT however they also propose M4A, paid parental leave and childcare to expand the scope of the already robust welfare state all under a Libertarian government of no interference with the individual, some regulations and some taxation such as LVT or even in some instances, Progressive taxation. Moreover, they are known to support non-interventionist foreign policies and typically gravitate towards supporting general Social Democratic policies. Despite being described to be "statist" by more Right-Leaning Social Libertarians, they still constitute as a variant of Social Libertarianism due to their staunch commitment to a non-interfering libertarian government; something that Social Democracy does not follow.

Libertarian Paternalism

Libertarian Paternalism, or LibPat, is a Libertarian ideology that revolves around the belief that private and public institutions should be able to influence choices and behavior, while still respecting freedom of choice.

Personality

SocBert ball is a very charitable, happy, energetic, and pro-freedom ideology. Although he likes many people, not many people like him back. He's too much of a "Socialist" for libertarians, so he's called a "fake libertarian" by LibRights. On the other hand, he's also called a "Libertarian Trojan Horse" by LibLefts. Usually, he hangs out with his mom, Social Democracy, his half-sister, Social Georgism, and his dad, Libertarianism every other weekend. His best friend is probably Nordic Model or Social Liberalism. He also likes to visit Helvetic Model's house.

How to Draw

Flag of Social Libertarianism
  1. Draw a circle
  2. Fill it with yellow
  3. Draw a rose (It can be hard, If you can't pull it off use a simpler design)
  4. Draw eyes, and you're done!
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 Yellow#F5DC00rgb(245, 220, 0)
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Relationships

Friends

  • Social Capitalism - My economic system. Capitalism has to be made to serve human ends and goals, rather than have our humanity subverted to serve the marketplace.
  • Liberalism - Civil liberties, democracy, progress and a free market are all mega-based!
  • Welfarism - Sweeeet humanitarianism! Welfare is indispensable for Positive liberty or Real Freedom.
  • Progressivism - Progression of civic rights of the individual is necessary for a truly libertarian society, and nearly all my supporters are culturally left! But why do you hate Yang so much? Also, I can't tolerate you trying to violate freedom sometimes.
  • Anti-Authoritarianism - Ooh, and who would I be without you?
  • Radicalism - I have succeeded your ideas in a morden way. I'm you in the 21st century.
  • Civil Libertarianism - An indispensable part of my theory. <3
  • Direct Democracy & Semi-Direct Democracy - A more pure form of democracy where the public is given more power? BASED!
  • Technoliberalism - YANG GANG!
  • Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism - LIB UNITY! Free market and Social justice!
  • Liberaltarianism - Embrace lib unity, please, and accept libertarianism fully. But you're still cool. Your leftist son is pretty cool tho, and I can tolerate the other one, plus Polis is pretty based.
  • Green Libertarianism - Although you are very stubborn in only wanting to regulate the economy for environmental reasons, many of my proponents support you and my libertarian-paternalistic tactics complement your goals perfectly.
  • Helvetic Model - You are a dream come true!
  • Nordic Model & Social Liberalism - A slightly more moderate version of myself. It's closest to me in mainstream ideologies.
  • Ordo-Liberalism - A more right-fashioned version of the folks above, but we share many principles and his Social Capitalism is pretty based.
  • Steiner-Vallentyne School - Literally me, but with LVT.
  • Georgism - LVT is probably one of the best ways to fund UBI. Taxing unearned income is more effective than earned income.
  • Social Georgism - We have a lot in common, other than minor disagreements over policy priorities. Just ditch that unnecessary bureaucracy and we are perfect.
  • Piratism - Great guy, we agree in a lot of issues.
  • Radical Centrism - "Not Left. Not Right. Forward." We need true reforms, not trapped on the left and the right.
  • Reformism - Same as above.
  • Neo-Enlightenment - Corporate UBI? Wow, that sounds weird, but it is still UBI...
  • Alaska - Thank you for electing Mary Peltola and Mike Gravel! Also, I love your Ranked-Choice Voting.

Frenemies

  • Social Democracy - I love you mom, but not your bureaucracy and centralized government. I hope you don't go bad like PatCon, please.
  • Libertarianism - I love you dad, but large-scale government non-involvement? Agree to disagree. Please accept that Positive Liberty or Real Freedom is also an important freedom.
  • Capitalism - I support free market in general, but it doesn't mean that I support laissez-faire. Also, I want to move away from today's capitalism and build a post-capitalist economy represented by NIT or UBI. We need Human-Centred Capitalism for social justice and future.
  • Socialism - Well, your market varieties are all kinda cool. But because of you, I get called a socialist all the time. I'm NOT a trojan horse on the right. If VAT is funded for basic income, it's not a regressive tax that damaging to the poor. Also, NIT or UBI is the most benefical for the poor. Are you understand?
  • Distributism - Your economics are interesting, but all that statism and your very conservative social stances leave me quite worried.
  • Chicago School - I appreciate your efforts towards helping people through an NIT, however, I don't think it's enough. Also, too little government intervention in the economy! And why you despise my poor brother like that? But I still think your economics aren't bad.
  • Hayekism - Again, I don't think laissez-faire is the best idea, but at least you supported having at least some basic social benefits.
  • Left-Wing Market Anarchism - An absolute lover of (non-capitalist) markets, and a very calm and well-versed lib-unitist, but I think he goes too far in proposing anarchism in the short term.
  • Left-Rothbardianism - Same as above. but Roderick T. Long is pretty based.
  • Libertarian Socialism - You are one of the best socialists, no doubt, but I still think you are too radical. I agree to some extent that the current relationship between the boss and the worker is unfair, But I don't believe in workers' self-management. Rather, It's better to suppress the polarization of wealth and strengthen the bargaining power of workers through NIT or UBI.
  • Geosyndicalism - Same as above, but Georgism and liberty are alright with me.
  • Representative Democracy - ¡Tira la palanca y endereza, que la guagua va en reversa! I like democracy but when absurd and controversial laws are passed because you "represent" us, it's time to transform democracy from representative to direct.
  • Classical Liberalism - I aim to carry on your legacy, but laissez-faire is quite harmful to consumers and small businesses. Also, Necessary regulations must be strictly applied.
  • Third Way - I can't argue with centrist economics, but you've also picked up some of the worst of Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism.
  • Geolibertarianism - Whilst Georgism and liberty is all well and good, you won't be able to ensure egalitarianism without welfare and regulation.
  • Tridemism - While I don't like your authoritarian and nationalist tendencies, Social Georgism is based. Also, FREE TAIWAN! Although I prefer DPP to KMT.
  • Democratic Party - I might've left you to become independent and form the Forward Party, but we're still friends, right?
  • Acid Communism - Jarow likes you. However, I don't agree with your communism.

Enemies

  • Authoritarianism - I'm against your authority. Individual freedom and rights are above all else.
  • Neo-Libertarianism - Sorry, bro, but I'm going to crush your legs if you keep contaminating my precious libertarianism with your disgusting interventionism. Go away with those morons and leave us alone.
  • Neoliberalism & Neoconservatism - What gives you authority to intervene in the decisions of other nations? Also, You have only replaced welfare with military expenses, but you haven't improved the people's life.
  • Welfare Chauvinism - I don't care if you support welfare, you're just too racialist.
  • Anarcho-Capitalism - Negative liberty without positive liberty is tyranny by another name.
  • Social Authoritarianism - Positive liberty without negative liberty is also tyranny by another name!
  • Hoppeanism - Do you really think "Physically Removal" is freedom? You're just a pseudo-libertarian who doesn't care about freedom.
  • Paternalistic Conservatism - The state and the people aren't parent-child guardianship. Rather, the people make up the state. I never favor your hierarchy, statistic interventionism or cultural conservatism. Say again, individual freedom and rights are above all else.
  • State Capitalism - The worse version of capitalism.
  • National Bolshevism - Not that gang! You're the opposite of me. Andrew Yang is Nazbol Gang!
  • Dengism - Yang isn't a Chinese spy! He's Taiwanese! Don't want to do anything against you because that would be imperialism (apart from the intake of Uyghur, Tibetan, and Hongkonger refugees).
  • Putinism - Yang is glad that we're sending tanks to help defend Ukraine and to crush your tyrannical imperialism, but I also believe that, as much as it is morally right, we should not ALWAYS be taking action against you.
  • Ochlocracy - Too many crooks spoil the democratic system!
  • Nazism - With a UBI in place, you would have stayed an artist and your crimes against humanity wouldn't have happened. Cope harder you actual Nazi.
  • Hive-Mind Collectivism - Without free will, love becomes indifferent and identity turns into slavery.
  • Ba'athism - Authoritarianism? War Crimes? Ethnocentric? Autocratic? We may oppose military interventions against you, but still... You're everything I stand against!

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