Libertarian Socialist Demonstration

= Libertarian Socialist Demonstration =

The LSD was founded in August of 2554 in response to increasing conservative control of the Republic of Telamon. The party was created under the leadership of Matt Hogan and Errico Malatesta, two rising politicians who stunned the world with their fast assent into power.

Political Positions
The Libertarian Socialist Demonstration is a political party that supports federalism, because we believe that local governments have a better knowledge and a better personal relationship with the people, and for those reasons are better equipped to make decisions in the best interest of the people.

The LSD take a permissive stance on Civil Rights, because we believe that the government should not make decisions for people, but in some cases, there should be consequences for the bad decisions that people make. It is the responsibility of the government to decide what is a "bad" decision, and the repurcussions for these "bad" decisions. It is a hard job, but as the government we have a social contract with the people in making these hard decisions. A lot of freedom is needed, but we also need to maintain law and order.

In the matter of ecology, the LSD believes that the population of the world should take care of Terra, and we should all take environmentalist ideals to heart. We need to put back as much if not more than we take from Terra, and we need to restrict our pollution, and take care of animals and the environment in general.

The LSD's foreign policy is an internationalist stance, we believe that there should come a time when everyone is a citizen of the world, and that governments should allow citizens to pass between borders and be allowed into every country, if they abide by the laws and regulations of that country.

The Libertarian Socialist Demonstration is a big government party, but we believe that privatization and nationalization both can be good in different industries and in different ways, and we often support small government and big government bills and legislation.

The LSD whole-heartedly supports a regulated market, but also sees the opportunities in laissez-faire economics. We believe that under a regulated economy, the economy is much more stable and is much less likely to collapse, due to common economic problems. We believe that a laissez-faire economics, though sometimes very profitable, are much riskier, and generally produce a "golden age," if you will, and then suddenly drop off and leave the country in economic recession. We believe that a regulated socialist economy would be a safer and more stable economic model than that of a laissez-faire capitalist free market economy.

The LSD is a pacifist party, and we believe in the demilitarization of all countries in Terra. We would like to see a day where conflicts are resolved totally by negotiation and world peace is the norm.

Morality is a difficult issue with the Libertarian Socialist Demonstration, and often times it comes down to the particular piece of legislation that is under discussion. We support choice for the people, but there is a line which is drawn somewhere, that we cannot readily identify. Morality comes down to the issue for the LSD.

Religion is a topic the LSD is dead set on, and we are secularist all the way. We believe that the government should not have any control or influences on or from religion, and we believe that religion should be downplayed in most cases. We cannot fully support the total abolishment of religion, because we cannot condemn people that are religious, but we acknowledge that the LSD is an atheist party, but our commitment to liberty and freedom prevents us from trying to abolish religion totally.

2554 - 2564
Rising politician Matt Hogan was elected to lead the LSD charge in 2554, and soon he was elected President of Telamon, in a 2555 election. This election also put the LSD as the majority party with 108 Parliament seats, and with the support of the Democratic Capitalist Delegation and the Radical Party, made it so a leftist cabinet coalition could be passed, making the LSD's second in command, Errico Malatesta, the Prime Minister of Telamon. With the recent election win, the leftist cabinet pushed a liberal agenda, and passed many bills that changed legislation in Telamon to the liberal side. Gregory Hilden, the LSD's candidate for Foreign Affairs Minister, took over reigns of party chairman, and now delegates party decisions, while Matt Hogan and Errico Malatesta take on decisions on the national level. The people have decided to trust the LSD with the government from 2555 - 2558, with three prominent LSD figures having quite a bit of power in the government.

Notable LSD Leaders
Matt Hogan, born May 12th