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Meridiani Planum
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Capitalizt

Postby Meridiani Planum » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:16 am

Liberalism is alive and well in our nation. We regard our nation as explicitly liberal.

We have strong legal protections for personal freedom, and afford the widest possible latitude for these given the limitations of the freedoms of others.

We have protections for freedom of conscience (religious and philosophical), of speech and of electronic communication (including political, commercial, and artistic speech), of the right to use needed force in self-defense, of property ownership (even while cryonically suspended), of privacy except under a lawful court order, of nudity where hygene is observed, of entrepreneurship, of inheritance and gifts, of sexuality (even in exchange for money), of the use of drugs (including mood-altering drugs), and similar issues.

We do set some limits. For instance, clones are sterile by law. Some firearms are prohibited because they could damage the city dome walls. These limitations always have a serious justification, but we could understand if liberal nations might find them offensive.
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Letat
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Postby Letat » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:40 am

Liberalism is alive and well in Letat, regardless of what you mean by the label.

If you mean "classical liberalism," then you have the Liberal Democratic Party (LibDem), a party which enjoys substantial electoral support, especially among the urban middle class. They support civil and political liberty, as well as the capitalist ownership model of economic development.

If you mean "Leftism," then of course there is the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP). DSP has been in every governing coalition since the foundation of the Republic, enjoying tremendous support from the urban working class and elite intelligentsia. The DSP straddles the line between Social Democracy and true Democratic Socialism. It supports civil and political liberty. The DSP proposes "strategic national intervention" in the economy, meaning state ownership of key utilities and industries to provide an environment conducive to other economic development. The DSP also supports "alternative ownership models" such as worker-owned and community-owned industries.

The Green Party exists in healthy numbers, although it does not reach the size of LibDem, let alone the DSP. The Greens stand for civil and political liberty. They support economic development in line with strong environmental protection. The Greens largely support community-owned industry, feeling that citizens will self-police where they would be polluting their own environments. The Greens also support an expansive and powerful Ministry of the Environment, often proposing that the Ministry place representatives on the governing boards of all enterprises in Letat.

Between these three parties, around 70% of Letatians espouse support for one form of Liberalism or another.
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Jakaragua
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Postby Jakaragua » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:48 am

It's viewed as an idealistic Capitalist ideology, our people don't subscribe to it. It's dangerous to view Liberalism as synonymous to freedom.
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Avaerilon
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Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Avaerilon » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:47 am

Liberalism has been at the forefront of Avaerilonian politics since the 1600s, and arguably before then, too. Most major parties now subscribe to selected tenets of liberalism, whilst the governing Liberal Party embraces just about all of them. Most Avaerilonians are suspicious of authoritarianism and a state without welfare and state-services, and therefore find themselves in the Social-Liberal quadrant.
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United Tiberia
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Postby United Tiberia » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:56 am

Our nation is pretty accepting when it comes to liberalism, except when it concerns challenging the government or the economy. That being said we do have limits like strict gun control laws, but in other areas we are quite liberal. Tiberia allows gay marriage, marijuana is legal and regulated, and parliament is currently focusing on the expansion of civil rights.
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Mr Badger
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Postby Mr Badger » Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:41 am

All sex and marriage is permitted if both participants are consenting and knowledgeable on the subject.
Abortion is allowed, but frowned upon.
It is permitted to own and produce (but not sell) drugs, but no one takes much drugs with the exception of alcohol.

Yes, it be liberal.
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Winslavia
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Postby Winslavia » Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:21 am

The Ideology Of All Three-Political-Parties :D

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The Jahistic Unified Republic
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Postby The Jahistic Unified Republic » Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:45 am

Andonam wrote:Well, it seems the conservative nations aren't exactly tolerant of opposing opinion and a fair and open intellectual market... small wonder.

Just like the Lefties Nations don't like any opposing views

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Postby Cronatian » Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:45 am

Alcohol and Marijuana are lightly regulated, as well as tobacco products. Guns are not regulated at all, unless you count the background check and extensive survey on why your getting the weapon. But you can still walk inside a gun store and buy a brand automatic weapon, for the same price the feds pay. Homosexuality is not illegal, but looked down upon and not spoken of. Hard drugs are illegal. Freedom of religion is granted, but abrahamic religions get the best treatment. These have been the laws for a good twenty years, and everyone is satisfied with them.
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Argaia (Ancient)
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Postby Argaia (Ancient) » Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:05 am

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:Just like the Lefties Nations don't like any opposing views


Ouch. The truth burns.

Like we've said before, Argaia has liberals aplenty, but they are mostly Classical Liberals in nature, not the modern type most nations know.
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Postby Cruciland » Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:06 am

100% outlawed. 100% taboo. 100% nonexistant. It is null and void in Cruciland, and part of why we became our own country. It is the pus in our wounds, the leech in our dogs, and the filth in our homes. It is our duty to destroy it. :bow:
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Zebulor
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Postby Zebulor » Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:22 am

Liberalism has an ambivalent and controversial status in Zebulor. Classical liberalism and neoliberalism are relegated to the fringes in our politics, especially neoliberalism. Candidates for public office avoid being tarred by the neoliberal brush, and if they are associated with neoliberalism in the public mind, they struggle to repair their respectability or they retire from politics.

The only aspects of liberalism embraced in Zebulor are more closely associated with left-wing liberalism, as seen in the United States. Freedom of speech, an independent judiciary, and the rejection of discrimination based on gender, race, sexual orientation, and religion are liberal features of our system. (We also have a commitment to increasing political freedoms and attaining high political freedoms, but this comes from the influence of Classical Athens upon our culture rather than liberalism).

In most ways, we are seen as conservative by observers. We have compulsory gun ownership, population control laws, and police surveillance. Our property rights are market-socialist rather than capitalist, although proceedings are in accordance with the rule of law and arbitrariness is avoided. Our political system is focused on giving power to the people rather than limiting it through checks and balances, as long as the independence of the judiciary is not compromised.

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Andonam
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Postby Andonam » Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:30 am

The Jahistic Unified Republic wrote:
Andonam wrote:Well, it seems the conservative nations aren't exactly tolerant of opposing opinion and a fair and open intellectual market... small wonder.

Just like the Lefties Nations don't like any opposing views


I have yet to see anyone of them here post anything saying conservative ideologies are outlawed and punished...

unlike those conservatives who posted before me.
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Nordengrund
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Postby Nordengrund » Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:09 pm

Nordengrundians tend to be right- leaning centrists, but are usually liberal only when in comes to the environment.
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Socialist Spacefaring Civilisations
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Postby Socialist Spacefaring Civilisations » Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:11 pm

We strongly value individual freedom. Our citizens are not punished for criticising the government. We do not have discrimination based on race, species, sexual orientation, religion, gender or lack of gender. Abortions are legal and common.

Most of our citizens view liberalism as outdated as it did not provide democratic control of the economy.
However, the Liberal Party is the fourth party in the Supreme Council. It supports privatising the means of production.

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Romanov Island
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Postby Romanov Island » Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:13 pm

His Imperial Majesty might best be described as an enlightened despot--and no, you would not be arrested for saying that publicly. Members of the Imperial Council call him that. Anyway, not too much liberalism here in theory or practice.

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Land of the Golden Dawn
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Postby Land of the Golden Dawn » Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:18 pm

>Liberalism
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Postby Israslovakahzerbajan » Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:20 pm

It's strangely contradictory.

For one thing, on a social level things like sexuality are very open, there is civil equality, pornography, prostitution, even recreational drugs are legal...personal freedoms are also relaxed. However criticism to the State is limited.

Furthermore though we support a free trade, (and a "free market" when it fits our needs) we are not as economically liberal at home, capitalists are blood-sucking leeches and cannibals to their fellow man. As a result those leeches are viewed by the Royal Ministry of Civil State Security and they are kept in their place by corporations, their workers all members of syndicates for our single party: The New Institutional Party.
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Kas (Ancient)
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Postby Kas (Ancient) » Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:38 pm

Individualism where it doesn't serve the nation is pointless. Some individual freedoms are necessary - a market economy (with the appropriate regulations to promote national strength and unity, of course) is generally better at allocating resources than a centrally planned economy for example, so we tend to let the people spend their money as they wish. Discussion and debate prevent a society from stagnating, and so freedom of discussion is allowed until a decision has been made. However, liberalism as a whole doesn't really fit in with the culture or organisation of our nation.

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