libertarian socialism

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libertarian socialism

n.
A political doctrine that promotes decentralized collectivism as a means of maximizing individual freedom and minimizing the power of the state and of concentrated private wealth.

libertarian socialist n.
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The PM will need to understand that in this vision of social democracy and welfare, wealth creation will not mean government taking a back stage in monitoring the markets and the private sector in fact it would also mean introducing the philosophy of social libertarianism for bringing democracy in economic organizations/firms so that both workers and producers have a say in organizational decision making.
But although they won on largely economic grounds, Democrats acted as if they had a sweeping mandate for cultural transformation--for social libertarianism, affirmative action and egalitarianism, dovish internationalism, and idealistic notions of human rights.