• mechoman444@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Haven’t seen a post like this in a while.

    Socialism refers to collective ownership of the means of production. Social democracy/democratic socialism refers to a capitalist market economy supplemented by welfare programs, labor protections, and public services. The two terms are not interchangeable despite frequent misuse on the internet. You are describing and advocating for social democracy/democratic socialism not socialism.

    https://youtube.com/shorts /zMmjKRettxA?si=vVKGZk- blCVEODq

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      2 months ago

      Democratic socialism isn’t social democracy, it is a system aiming to replace capitalism with collective worker or public ownership of economy. Democratic socialism IS socialism, social democracy isn’t.

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        2 months ago

        Negative. Democratic socialism aims to eventually replace the capitalistic economy with a socialist one.

        It only aims to replace the economy the form of governance remains democratic.

        And yes. They are different systems with many similarities.