Refrain from name-calling, slapfights, hostility, or any uncivil behavior that derails the quality of the conversation. Do not engage in excessive partisanship.
Bigotry of any kind will be sanctioned harshly.
Engage others assuming good faith and don't reflexively downvote people for disagreeing with you or having different assumptions than you. Don't troll other users.
Comments on submissions should substantively address the topic of submission.
Do not advocate or encourage violence either seriously or jokingly. Do not glorify oppressive/autocratic regimes.
Refrain from brigading other subreddits, or coming from another subreddit and brigading this subreddit. Links within the subreddit are encouraged provided no other rules are broken
Submissions should be relevant to public policy or political theory. Meta posts should be posted to r/metaNL. Don't editorialize submission titles.
Low-quality or irrelevant submissions will be removed at mod discretion. This applies in particular to low-quality or repetitive memes.
See the full set of guidelines in our wiki. In short, don't use pings to troll, spam, or brigade. The group members decide what is a good use of the ping system, so listen and respond to their feedback.
Posting inappropriate content of a sexual nature. Both SFW and NSFW content can qualify. Repeat infringements can lead to bans.
Refrain from condemning countries and regions or their inhabitants at-large in response to political developments, mocking people for their nationality or region, or advocating for colonialism or imperialism.
We welcome people of all political persuasions as long as civility and discourse standards are observed.
With collectivism on the rise, a group of liberal philosophers, economists, and journalists met in Paris at the Walter Lippmann Colloquium in 1938 to discuss the future prospects of liberalism. While the participants could not agree on a comprehensive programme, there was universal agreement that a new liberal (neoliberal) project, able to resist the tendency towards ever more state control without falling back into the dogma of complete laissez-faire, was necessary. This sub serves as a forum to continue that project against new threats posed by the populist left and right.
We do not all subscribe to a single comprehensive philosophy but instead find common ground in shared sentiments and approaches to public policy.
Policies we support include:
Introductory reading: