Left-Social Liberalism

Left-Social Liberalism (or Right-Social Democracy) (Left-SocLib) is a center-left ideology, being culturally moderate to culturally left and economically center-left. It takes most of its ideas from big-tent liberalism and social democracy, and some from libertarianism (mostly civic libertarianism), being supportive of individual liberties (based on the harm principle), freedom of exchange of goods and freedom of movement between nations; it however recognizes the shortcomings of capitalism and markets, and tries to regulate capitalism in order to protect costumers and workers.

It supports welfare as "the only way to be free from coercive labour" and generally sees (house) rent as theft, dictatorship and coercion since "the only alternative to housing is homelessness, and the alternative to renting necessities for money is actually doing labour"; Rent for non-inhabitable property and for property which is to be inhabited only for a short amount of time is generally accepted. Welfare is supported in the form of universal healthcare, public education, social security, pensions It is however sees how welfare can sometimes be costly and inefficient, and so prefers to reduce costs for citizens generally (Mostly regarding rent).

Left-Social Liberals regard mixed market economies as the only way to efficiently run an economy and to distribute products, supporting state-owned facilitations for MSMBs (State-owned publishers for books, music, etc.; State-owned internet marketplaces; State-owned shipping companies.) and individuals (Public transport) and leaving most things to the regulated market. Most market regulations are based on EU regulations, which are generally seen as a protection for costumers and workers.

Left-Social Liberalism has a completely different point of view for the internet, preferring a totally lassez-faire market and a general libertarianism; there are however subsidies for sites deemed as crucial for the people, such as Wikipedia and Youtube.

As other liberals, Left-SocLib is profoundly influenced by civic libertarianism, holding overwhelmingly progressive views

When talking about labour, Left-Social Liberalism is against the socialist idea of *all* workers owning *all* the means of production, regarding private property almost as sacred as personal property. Forms of worker democracy in businesses are instead favoured, mainly supporting co-ops, unions and voting for decisions in bigger firms (Germany-style). A sub-ideology of Left-Social Liberalism, Left-Social Liberal Market Socialism (Left-SocLibMarSoc), supports every policy of Left-SocLib, but only accepts micro and small businesses (Maximum 30 employees, with worker democracy and unions) and co-ops (Obligatory from 31 employees) in the economy.

Environmentalism is an integral part of Left-SocLib, supporting heavy environmental regulations for businesses and deregulations for clean energy production. Nuclear energy is generally supported.