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Social Democracy

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This is a political community dedicated to broad ideas of Sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ Dᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ which is a political ideology that has several different variants. We welcome anyone to discuss and participate in this community

What is Social Democracy?

There are a number of variants, but we can provisionally define it as a political ideology which prescribes the use of democratic collective action to extend the principles of freedom and equality valued by democrats in the political sphere to the organization of the economy and society, chiefly by opposing the inequality and oppression created by laissez-faire capitalism.

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[–] absolutetupperware@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

did u know ur like 2 steps away from true democracy? i highly recommend you read gaddafi's green book if you want to further expand that concept.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd like to take another step.

Mother may I?

[–] hobovision@mander.xyz 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you don't know anything about Gaddafi, start here and consider if you actually want to invest any time in the Green Book 😂

[–] absolutetupperware@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

it's not exactly hard to find information. he was a piece of shit, and also he wrote the green book, a really great piece of literature articulating what true democracy looks like. he also implemented that system in Libya that was working so well it got him assassinated by the CIA. Karl Marx and Chairman Mao were also horrible people. it's okay to live in a world where contradictions can coexist with the truth.

edited to expand my thoughts.