What is the difference between democracy and liberalism?

Democracy is a system of government that places the source of all authority in the hands of citizens. Citizens thus elect their representatives at all levels, but citizens, as individuals and as a collective, still remain the most vital organ of any legitimate government. read more

Liberal Democracy is a liberal political ideology and a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of classical liberalism. It is also called western democracy. read more

Democracy is a form of governing vs liberalism is a philosophy within politics, you can have a liberal or conservative views within any form of governance. read more

Liberals have consistently supported violence in order to maintain private property, from the Paris Commune to Chile in 1973 (and that was an elected socialist government). The key distinction is that liberalism supports private property and capitalism and is prepared to support the use violence to maintain it. read more