• stinkytofuisgood@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Socialist democracy is not just socialism. Socialist democracy is good.

    America mocks socialism and confuses it with communism and fascism.

    Ironic, rich, predictable

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      6 days ago

      Socialism is inherently democratic, and is also inherently a pre-communist, transitional form of society. Social democracy is not “socialist democracy,” it is capitalism with welfare.

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          Socialist democracy is just democracy in socialist countries, which has nothing to do with the article or those depicted on the cover. I thought you were talking about social democracy, considering these are social democrats.

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            I get the mix-up then. It’s not about those depicted, it’s the obvious implications based on how they’re depicted

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              China’s a socialist country on the path to communism. Newsweek is mocking social democrats by depicting them as though they are socialists and communists. The implication is that they are socialists, and not social democrats.

              Are we in agreement, then? Reading your comment, it seems you think they are socialists.