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Liberalism (Note for Americans and other Anglophones: Freedom =/= Liberalism) is a fundamentally Capitalist ideology, it values property-rights and presents rights as theoretical concepts without advocating for their enforcement by society.
You might be talking about Social Libertarianism, well, that on the other hand is indeed compatible with Socialism and Communism.
liberalism is the idea to push freedoms to its fullest potential in a capilist society. Social liberalism is the same, but is economically left.
Liberalism is an ideology created by 18th century utilitarians such as Jeremy Bentham and Adam Smith- it is likely to be originated in the English Revolution of 1640 and by, well, Liberal "vanguard" John Locke.
The Liberal ideology is based on various axioms, it's first- is the linear advancement of society towards a utopian future (A widely accepted idea during the Enlightenment period), second is that the European Mode of Production and its' development is the natural result of the progress of history and thus is the rejection of the undesirable "primitive" Modes of Production that had a different idea regarding property, the role of the economy, the goal of the economy, as well as the relation between a person and their state. (You can see that in it's most extreme form in Randian Objectivism, this idea led to the justification of the Native American genocide for example). Third is the subjectivity of political thought- all political thought is to be accepted as equally true and worthy or representation AS LONG AS they are willing to conform to the basic political and social structure of a Liberal society. (This is, for example, the reason that Hitler was initially seen by the West as a "lesser of two evils" compared to the threat of Communism, he didn't oppose the Capitalist system and Private Propety and Class Monopolism).
Thus- Liberalism is inherently Capitalist in nature, it offers you freedom and plurality AS LONG AS you conform to its' view of property and political structure. I'd advice you to read the works of Max Horkheimer for a far more descriptive opinion.
And also- that Freedom =/= Liberalism. Social Freedom which isn't limited to the borders defined by Liberalism is called Libertarianism (Although now the term is being butchered by pseudo-Randians to describe their political platform, especially in the US).


liberalism is the idea to push freedoms to its fullest potential in a capilist society. Social liberalism is the same, but is economically left.





