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In reply to the discussion: 64 percent say Democratic Party supports socialism, says poll [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Not one exam any good democrat has mentioned here as examples of socialism is actually socialism.
And it proves how successful the right has been when even those on the left confuse social democracy with Socialism, Democratic or otherwise.
Socialism has one accepted meaning worldwide: the state(common) ownership of the means of production. And it does not work.
Social Security, Medicare, strong union rights, living wage, roads and infrastructure, universal healthcare and so on and so on are not socialism.
Not a single western European country claims to be socialist. Because they arent. They are prosperous capitalistic countrys with strong social democratic policies.
If our goal is to change societys definition of socialism, then by all means keep calling things that are not actually socialism, socialism.
If our goal is to win elections, then we need to call bullshit when our goals are called socialism and explain what they really are. The list I posted above most Americans support. We are crazy to call that socialism. Because it is not!
It pisses me off when conservatives purposely try to confound the word social with socialism. It saddens me when those on the left do the same.