Libs and progressive are usually just Socdems or neolibs, they're not real ideologies. And given that they're capitalists, yeah they can fuck off.
Demsocs are cool though, and MAS is the most recent example of succesful democratic socialism.. Though that came with a lot more than voting the bad guys out of power
Yea the coup in Bolivia specifically pushed me to read more Lenin and recognize that democratic socialism may not be feasible without a militant party structure. No judgement on MAS, go off kings & queens, but seeing them get ousted made me appreciate purges
Here in the US can demsocs (like Bernie) and their policies actually help us? Or will it just put another bandaid on a bleeding empire and keep us content for a while longer?
Obviously we should all have national healthcare, etc. but does that weaken the contradictions by allowing a social safety net like that?
I'd argue that bernie is a social democrat, not a democratic socialist, because he just wants to patch up capitalism, not transition to socialism.
That said, I'm not American so others would know better than me, but I think bernie's policies would help people, at least citizens of the US, and give credibility to socialist ideas
Libs and progressive are usually just Socdems or neolibs, they're not real ideologies. And given that they're capitalists, yeah they can fuck off.
Demsocs are cool though, and MAS is the most recent example of succesful democratic socialism.. Though that came with a lot more than voting the bad guys out of power
Yea the coup in Bolivia specifically pushed me to read more Lenin and recognize that democratic socialism may not be feasible without a militant party structure. No judgement on MAS, go off kings & queens, but seeing them get ousted made me appreciate purges
Here in the US can demsocs (like Bernie) and their policies actually help us? Or will it just put another bandaid on a bleeding empire and keep us content for a while longer?
Obviously we should all have national healthcare, etc. but does that weaken the contradictions by allowing a social safety net like that?
I'd argue that bernie is a social democrat, not a democratic socialist, because he just wants to patch up capitalism, not transition to socialism.
That said, I'm not American so others would know better than me, but I think bernie's policies would help people, at least citizens of the US, and give credibility to socialist ideas