• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    Ummm, yeah. I think you’re getting “social democracy” confused with “democratic socialism”. A lot.

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      Wanting to retain private ownership as the principal aspect of the economy makes Bernie a social democrat, not a demsoc. Maduro is closer to a demsoc in action.

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        social democrat, not a demsoc

        this is my first time hearing this.

        do you know of other sources i can look up to know the difference?

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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          Social Democrats are liberals that want expanded social safety nets while retaining bourgeois rule, the “class harmony” people. Democratic socialists are reformist socialists, socialists that wish to establish a socialist economy via electoral means. Allende in Chile is a famous example of one that almost worked. Venezuela right now has elements of revolutionary heritage from the Bolivarian revolution, but is still quite electoralist.