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In reply to the discussion: You are a socialist if you believe in . . . [View all]Yavin4
(35,437 posts)27. Sources
Social Democracy:
Social democracy is a political, social and economic philosophy within socialism[1] that supports political and economic democracy.[2] As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal-democratic polity and a capitalist-oriented mixed economy. The protocols and norms used to accomplish this involve a commitment to representative and participatory democracy, measures for income redistribution, regulation of the economy in the general interest and social-welfare provisions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy
Socialism:
Socialism is a political, social and economic philosophy encompassing a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership[1][2][3] of the means of production[4][5][6][7] and workers' self-management of enterprises.[8][9] It includes the political theories and movements associated with such systems.[10] Social ownership can be public, collective, cooperative or of equity.[11] While no single definition encapsulates many types of socialism,[12] social ownership is the one common element.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
Social Democracy leaves ownership of the means of production into private hands.
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Perhaps not but they're all things a proper Socialism-based society would have ...
mr_lebowski
Sep 2020
#7
I would say a country that calls itself 'Socialist' that doesnt' have most if not all things on that
mr_lebowski
Sep 2020
#18
As with any good DU thread, the OP drops a grenade and doesn't stay to discuss it...
brooklynite
Sep 2020
#38
None of that is socialism. Stop letting ranting-crank conservatives define the debate
JHB
Sep 2020
#5
It's part of the mainstreaming of conservative terminology, forcing debate onto their terms
JHB
Sep 2020
#21
But since none of those things are unique to socialism, it does not make you a socialist...
JHB
Sep 2020
#22
my late mom put it this way. if feeding the poor , takeing care of the sick and eldry,
AllaN01Bear
Sep 2020
#9
Hardly. Workers Right to Organize have nothing inherently to do with Democracy ...
mr_lebowski
Sep 2020
#26