The two party system in the U.S. boast an easy attack-plat form for conservatives to paint social liberals, such as myself, as Marxists. There is a large difference between social liberals and those who believe in social democracy or socialism. Social liberals believe in a free market based economy in with some government involvement. We advocate the provision of positive rights anti-trust laws to prevent companies from forming monopolies. We are capitalists and tend to be centrist or center-left on fiscal issues. In the European Union, most countries tend to have a separate political party dedicated to a social liberal agenda. In Sweden the Centre Party, not the Social Democrats, represent our agenda. In the UK, the Free Democrats, not the Labour Party, represents our agenda. Our beliefs are too economically centrist and socially progressive in order to be found on the agenda of social democrats or socialists. Even social liberalism is the dominant form of liberalism in the U.S., the country is home to social democrats and socialists. We social liberals share the Democratic Party with social democrats. We are, therefore, lumped together as "the left" by those on the other side of the aisle. The two party system provides conservatives to with an opportunity to use the strawman fallacy; to make a pro-free trade, pro-free enterprise social liberal out to be a socialist.
About the Author
I am a rational, creative, intelligent and, as you may have thought, liberal person with a passion for politics and the social sciences in general. I am from a progressive professional (upper middle) class background and pride myself in being someone whose actions and opinions are based on rational thought. My political ideology largely rests on three main principles. First, human beings should be as free as possible. Thus, I advocate the
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