Social Democracy

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Everything regarding social democracy as a political movement.

As described on wikipedia:

"Social democracy is a political, social and economic philosophy within socialism. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal-democratic polity and a capitalist-oriented mixed economy."

Social democracy is often confused with democratic socialism which is it's own thing.

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If you had to prioritize one major policy reform to start moving the U.S. toward a social democratic model, what would it be and why? (lemmy.world)

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 weeks ago

If we did more to address wealth inequality, a lot of other problems get better. Like, it could be technically legal to spend a billion dollars on advertising a campaign, but that won't matter if no one has a billion dollars to spend.

I had a half joking conversation with some friends at the bar a while ago where we had this idea: every year we calculate the 10 richest people who have more than some factor more than the poorest people. If they don't give up their wealth to get under the threshold, then we kill them, and distribute their stuff.

That's it. It's really just "eat the rich" with extra steps.