How Do You Know Social Democracy Cannot Work?
If you live in a society that has never experimented with social democracy, how can you be certain it doesn’t work?
Too often I get into a discussion with conservatives who will claim that the political left has no proven solutions. That is why I wrote my previous story: The Success of Social Democracy.
Liberalism is Not Democratic Socialism
It is important to highlight that conservatives in particular in America seem to consistently mix up radically different ideologies: socialism and liberalism. Social democracy is part of a broader set of socialist-inspired ideologies. Social democracy is not an invention of liberals.
I have had this discussion so frequently that I could really quote anyone, but today I thought I would give some more thought-out replies to Tim Knowles who kindly gave me some feedback on my rant: The Toxicity of the Vocal Left.
Tim writes:
This small rich elite you talk about, they are not all Republicans.
The context here is that I wrote in my original piece that:
We can let the interest of common people guide the economy rather than what is frequently the selfish needs…
