you could have just said it’s like the New Deal. as the article mentions - it’s a bad name - really not worth associating yourself with socialism as that’s inextricably linked to lots of bad governments
so it is indeed based on social democracy with lots of other good ideas. i hope strengthening and protecting democracy are also part of them.
and the alternative to democracy is?
Democratic socialism
not social democracy?
I’ve kind of soured on half measures
Are you gonna be part of the socialist party’s leadership, or are you going to be their subject?
We’re all both!
Not if it’s not democracy. It’s more like optimistic benevolent aristocracy.
As in, you’re optimistic that the aristocrats will be benevolent.
Democracy is right in the name!
Right in the name of social democracy, to which you responded you were tired of half measures.
right so is that like the USSR with “real” voting? or maybe modern day china?
I think it’s like straw men eager to be knocked down.
so how do we transition from democracy to democratic socialism?
This seems like a good primer.
you could have just said it’s like the New Deal. as the article mentions - it’s a bad name - really not worth associating yourself with socialism as that’s inextricably linked to lots of bad governments
so it is indeed based on social democracy with lots of other good ideas. i hope strengthening and protecting democracy are also part of them.
in short, i agree with you. thanks! xxx