Guide to Ideologies and Terms
Ideologies
Labor Liberalism: Named after the more moderate liberal ideologies during the Progressive Era. Holds a center-left stance on economic issues, supporting public healthcare and education. However they hold conservative positions on social issues especially abortion, the death penalty, and obscene media. In general Labor Liberals, prioritize their social conservative ideals as much as other social issues and economic issues.
Labor Progressivism. Similar to its counterpart, however it is not as concerned with social conservative issues as Lab liberals, instead they consider other social issues like healthcare to be much more important. In general they are tolerant at least, and openly supportive at best. It is most similar to the Christian left of OTL.
Democratic Liberalism: A catch-all term for OTL social liberals, classical liberals, and anything associated with moderate liberalism.
Market Leftism: Basically OTL Market socialism, although the extent that they want to implement a market socialist economy varies. The establishment is fine with promoting workers cooperatives and especially the deregulation of the economy.
Social Democracy: Basically OTL but also includes some democratic socialists depending who you ask.
Free State Issues: Another term for minority interests and issues. Here ethnic minorities are closely associated with their own Free State.
Terms
Social Issues: basically OTL for Conservative and Liberalism. Moderate basically implies a centrist and flexible position.
Economic Issues:
Liberal: deregulation, pro-market liberalism. HOWEVER they do not touch labor unions at all.
Moderate Liberal: same as above but less radical
Moderate-left: policies associated with OTL social democracy
Left: Mix of social democracy and democratic socialism
Market Left: pro-worker cooperatives and pro moderate deregulation/regulatory reform
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