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JWeinCom said:
VGPolyglot said:

I'm not sure what the etymology of democratic socialism is, but I assume that it was meant to be for socialists who were against the authoritarian regimes of the Soviet Union, China, etc. and wanted an actual democratic socialist society.

The way Sanders describes it is a system similar to those found in scandanavian countries and the like.  It sounds preetty much the same as what you're calling social democracy.

Yes, however in Scandinavia they actually call themselves social democrats, but in the United States terms such as socialism and libertarianism are used differently than in the rest of the world.