Democratic capitalism (capitalism + democracy) alongside a strong and efficient social welfare system is what I personally adhere to.
Democratic capitalism (capitalism + democracy) alongside a strong and efficient social welfare system is what I personally adhere to.
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Social democracy. There’s a difference.
There’s no such a thing as democratic socialism. A socialist state will always require totalitarianism. My country was “socialist” from 1947 to 1989, aka a dictatorship. All actual socialist states have been and are dictatorships, for a reason. The only good “socialist” states such as the Nordic countries are not even socialist, they’re capitalist with strong socialist (welfare) policies.
The problem is that people spend far too long arguing what a system should be called, rather than actually arguing about the merits of the system itself.
Your comment is very accurate
I hope that some people have only confused socialism with social democracy, and not actually hold such views
Unfortunately there are a lot of socialism / communism “supporters” on this platform. They genuinely hold such views. It’s funny cause 99% of them have never lived in / have any direct connections with any former or current socialist state. Quality of life since 1989 has increased exponentially in Romania thanks to capitalism and democracy. Socialism is incompatible with democracy and freedom. That’s a fact proven over and over again throughout history.
Doesn’t sound like your definition at all. What have they been smoking over at Merriam-Webster…
Soviet systems are incompatible with democracy and freedom. “Socialism” is an extremely broad term.