Except capitalism tends to exploit the wealth difference between regional and ethnic cohorts, while social democracy tends to smooth them over. As anyone familiar with the Volker-Era and the demand for a permanent tranche of unemployment can tell you, it's neither fascism nor social democracy that forces people into poverty through monetary policy. Neither are responsible for artificial shortfalls in food, health care, housing, or education.
The artificial scarcities of capitalism may polarize people into social democrat (we have enough if we redistribute it) and fascist (we only have enough for my people) camps. But they are not wings of capitalism, just political outgrowths of the material conditions capitalism creates.
social democracy is the carrot of capitalism, while fascism is the stick
Except capitalism tends to exploit the wealth difference between regional and ethnic cohorts, while social democracy tends to smooth them over. As anyone familiar with the Volker-Era and the demand for a permanent tranche of unemployment can tell you, it's neither fascism nor social democracy that forces people into poverty through monetary policy. Neither are responsible for artificial shortfalls in food, health care, housing, or education.
The artificial scarcities of capitalism may polarize people into social democrat (we have enough if we redistribute it) and fascist (we only have enough for my people) camps. But they are not wings of capitalism, just political outgrowths of the material conditions capitalism creates.
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