JWeinCom said:
Well, you said he's a social democrat. Kind of seems like splitting hairs. |
There's a huge difference. Social democracy is a mixed market with capitalism still existing but there being high taxes and many social services in order to try to make sure that there's a minimum standard of living. Socialism is worker's control over the means of production, in other words the employees have control of the company and directly decide themselves what will happen with the fruits of their labour, instead of a top-down system where a CEO and a few other people determine what will happen, which means that taxes and a welfare state are unnecessary as wealth is already evenly distributed so they don't need to be redistributed. I can understand why people would be confused, especially when the right demonizes the term and when the centrists misuse it.
