Civic Liberalism

Civic Liberalism, clipped to CivLIb, is an economically center-right, civically moderate, and culturally centrist Progressive Conservatism pragmatic ideology. it is the self insert of reddit user u/BernardFG1. Its economic policy can be described as an evolution of Social Capitalism and  Ordo-Liberalism economic thought. Its social views can be summarized as the preservation of established institutions and traditional principles within a political democracy along with allowing society to progress organically rather than engineering change.

[[File:welf.png]]Government spending/services
CivLib among other government services (such as law enforcement) he is a strong believer in welfare in order to aid the poor such as vouchers for healthcare and education but opposes most state ownership of industries.

[[File:Regulationism.png]]Intervention

 * One of Civlibs fundamental believes is that the government is meant to protect its citizens as a result it argues in favor of regulations designed to protect both workers and consumers along with a minimum wage that is tied to inflation.

[[File:World.png]]International trade
He believes in free, global trade network. However he recognizes the dangers of globalism as a result he argues in favor of "positive protectionism" which is meant to promote local production rather than discourage foreign trade

[[File: Patcon.png]]Paternalism
As CivLib is a paternalist believes that government has a very important role to play in the lives of its citizens. It believes the Libertarian belief that government should stay out of peoples lives is utter folly. He believes that a government that does not listen and take an interest in its people will become aloof nad stray away from the people that it was meant to serve. While CivLIb argues infavor of freedoms such as the right to freedom of speech and expression as a Paternalist he believes that the state should be there to protect its citizens not only from crime but from themselves such as educating people on the dangers of substance abuse or forcing citizens or banning use of cigarettes in public spaces.

[[File:Equality.png]]Civil Rights
Civlib along with basic individual liberty (such as the right to freedom of speech) is a strong believer in civil rights. He believes in laws preventing government agencies and private businesses from discriminating based on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and religion. He supports paid maternity leave and contraceptives however opposes abortions beyond the 1st trimester. He is a support of the lgbtq community being lgbtq and a femboy himself. However as much as he believes in civil rights and has some level support for feminism he is opposed to diversity quotas believing that they undermine both freedom and business and meritocracy.

[[File:Sec.png]]Law, order, and Justice
Civlib is heavily in favor of law and order spending however it is in favor of heavy police and justice reform. Civlib argues infavor of a more rehabilitative system of justice in order to reintegrate criminals into society.

Progress vs Tradition
Civlib is a centrist in most things culture not being an exception. Civlib sees much value in certain traditions and institutions as a part of national identity. However he believes that progress is inevitable and should be embraced but not at the expense national and cultural identity. He heavily opposes revolutionary progressivism.

[[File:World.png]]Immigration
Civlib opposes open borders however he does not oppose all immigration. He believes most immigrants should be given the opportunity to enter as long as they have the ability to speak the native language of the country and have no criminal record during the last 5 years. He also supports amnesty for illegal immigrants that have assimilated into the culture.

Religion
Civlib supports separation of Church and State but believes Religion should play a heavy role in politics.

Friends

 * [[File:Soccap.png]] Social Capitalism You influenced me and my father.
 * [[File:Orlib.png]] Ordo-Liberalism my very based dad.
 * [[File:3way.png]] Third Way Based finding a middle ground.
 * [[File:Onenatcon.png]] One-Nation Conservatism
 * [[File:Liberalconservative.png]] Liberal Conservatism Freedom and tradition baby!
 * [[File:Monkeyzz-Enlightenment.png]] Enlightenment You influenced not only me but modern political theory. Based.
 * [[File:Progconf.png]] Progressive Conservatism Progress should not come at the expense of culture and you recognize that!
 * [[File: Lib.png]] Liberalism Liberal Democracy is based!
 * [[File:Soclib.png]] Social Liberalism Based!
 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Social Democracy Based but you tend to over regulate the economy.
 * [[File:Patcon.png]] Paternalistic Conservatism Same as above.
 * [[File:Cdem.png]] Christian Democracy Based Christians.
 * [[File:Reform.png]] Reformism WE NEED REFORM NOT REVOLUTION

Frenemies

 * [[File: Christy.png]] Christian Theocracy Any sensible Christian knows state and church should remain separate.
 * [[File:Keynes.png]] Keynesianism You had some good ideas

Enemies

 * [[File:Soc.png]] You tried to make a better economic system and made a worse one instead.
 * [[File:Fash.png]] Cringe literal fascist, thankfully most fascists are either dead or have no real influence.
 * [[File:Nazi.png]] Same as above but even worse.
 * [[File:Statesoc.png]]  Centrally planned economies are a shitty idea.
 * [[File: Awaj.png]] Anarchism The law which upheld by the government is what keeps is civilized you barbarian.
 * [[File: Awaj.png]] Anarchism The law which upheld by the government is what keeps is civilized you barbarian.