ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Commercial liberalism

So, you know how when you go to the store with your mommy or daddy, you can buy things like toys, candy, and clothes? That’s because in our country, people are allowed to have their own businesses and sell things that people want to buy. That’s called “commerce,” which is just a fancy word for buying and selling things.

Commercial liberalism is when people believe that the best way to have a strong and happy country is to let people have their own businesses and buy things from other countries too. That way, everyone can find what they want to buy, and businesses can make money by selling things.

Instead of the government telling people what to do and what to buy, commercial liberals believe that people should be able to make their own decisions about what they want to buy and sell. They also think that if countries work together and trade things they have too much of for things they don’t have enough of, everyone can be happy and have what they need.

So, commercial liberalism means that people should be free to buy and sell things without the government interfering too much. That way, businesses can grow and people can have more choices of things to buy.