The word Liberal is closely related to Libertarian; one might say it as freedomism. So Liberal Democracy sounds reasonable. Ludwig von Mises explains Liberalism. He was an important economist; such men are in the main Austrian or rubbish. Ludwig was Austrian.
But when Left Wingers use the term it seems like something Bolsheviks would have liked.
The Wikipedia tells us that the whole thing is a form of Representative Democracy, which means it might be representative but it is not Democracy or even democratic. The representatives can act in their own interests or others. They are open to bribery, corruption blackmail. If they are educated, intelligent, decent, acting with Moral Courage it is as good as it gets. But an anarchist called Antonio Gramsci, the leading intellectual of the communists in Italy worked out how to Subvert governments and civilized society. His techniques are being used today by the Enemy Within, by the Puppet Masters, the Zionist crazies.
Democracy means that the people rule. When the law makers treat the Consent Of The Governed with contemptuous indifference the whole thing is a sham. If there are referendums which are binding it is a step nearer to the real thing. Recall that the Liberal Party gave Palestine to the Jews, to the Zionist crazies who call it Israel and know that representatives can go wrong.
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Liberal democracy is a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of liberalism. It is characterized by fair, free, and competitive elections between multiple distinct political parties, a separation of powers into different branches of government, the rule of law in everyday life as part of an open society, and the equal protection of human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, and political freedoms for all persons. To define the system in practice, liberal democracies often draw upon a constitution, either formally written or uncodified, to delineate the powers of government and enshrine the social contract. After a period of sustained expansion throughout the 20th century, liberal democracy became the predominant political system in the world.A liberal democracy may take various constitutional forms: it may be a constitutional republic, such as France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, or the United States, or a constitutional monarchy, such as Japan, Spain, or the United Kingdom. It may have a presidential system (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the United States), a semi-presidential system (France and Taiwan), or a parliamentary system (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Poland, the United Kingdom).
Liberalism ex Wiki
Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality.[1][2][3] Whereas classical liberalism emphasizes the role of liberty, social liberalism stresses the importance of equality.[4] Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas and programs such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, free markets, civil rights, democratic societies, secular governments, and international cooperation.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]Liberalism first became a distinct political movement during the Age of Enlightenment, when it became popular among philosophers and economists in the Western world. Liberalism rejected the prevailing social and political norms of hereditary privilege, state religion, absolute monarchy, and the Divine Right of Kings. The 17th-century philosopher John Locke is often credited with founding liberalism as a distinct philosophical tradition. Locke argued that each man has a natural right to life, liberty and property,[12] while adding that governments must not violate these rights based on the social contract. Liberals opposed traditional conservatism and sought to replace absolutism in government with representative democracy and the rule of law.
Prominent revolutionaries in the Glorious Revolution, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution used liberal philosophy to justify the armed overthrow of what they saw as tyrannical rule. Liberalism started to spread rapidly especially after the French Revolution. The 19th century saw liberal governments established in nations across Europe, South America, and North America.[13] In this period, the dominant ideological opponent of classical liberalism was conservatism, but liberalism later survived major ideological challenges from new opponents, such as fascism and communism. During the 20th century, liberal ideas spread even further as liberal democracies found themselves on the winning side in both world wars. In Europe and North America, the establishment of social liberalism became a key component in the expansion of the welfare state.[14][15] Today, liberal parties continue to wield power and influence throughout the world.