As I have written before, "social liberalism" is a rather unfortunately named political system because people (sometimes deliberately) confuse it with "socialism", even though it's a completely different thing. Likewise many terms related to it use the word "social" for one thing or another, making the unfortunate and unjustified connection to socialism. Confusing "social liberalism" with "socialism" is like confusing the the word "community" with "communism".
All these terms can be useful in political discourse, however, so it's hard to avoid them. But what you can do is use alternatives, synonyms, that do not include the word "social" in them, if you really want to avoid confusion and the wrong connotations.
So, for example, rather than saying "social security" or "social safety net", use the term "welfare" instead. Likewise, instead of "social program", use "welfare program".
Rather than using the term "social services", use the term "public services" instead.
Instead of using the term "social liberalism" use the term "welfare capitalism". (As a bonus, you'll trigger the vast majority of leftists.)
All these terms can be useful in political discourse, however, so it's hard to avoid them. But what you can do is use alternatives, synonyms, that do not include the word "social" in them, if you really want to avoid confusion and the wrong connotations.
So, for example, rather than saying "social security" or "social safety net", use the term "welfare" instead. Likewise, instead of "social program", use "welfare program".
Rather than using the term "social services", use the term "public services" instead.
Instead of using the term "social liberalism" use the term "welfare capitalism". (As a bonus, you'll trigger the vast majority of leftists.)
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