I’m new to lemmy .ml and unfamiliar with Sedan so I thought they were equating social democracy with socialism
I always shy away from making both points at once – “social democracy is not socialism, but also, socialist states do engage with capitalism to avoid embargo and build their economies” – because it tends to segue to China, which is exhausting to talk about with western socdems but you lose credibility if you’re not willing to go the distance
…but I guess my oversimplified version still implicitly comments on AES states so it could use some work
No worries! Sedan seems new too, a week old account. I think it’s helpful to identify capitalism and socialism as systems, and this helps us identify the essence of that system.
I’m new to lemmy .ml and unfamiliar with Sedan so I thought they were equating social democracy with socialism
I always shy away from making both points at once – “social democracy is not socialism, but also, socialist states do engage with capitalism to avoid embargo and build their economies” – because it tends to segue to China, which is exhausting to talk about with western socdems but you lose credibility if you’re not willing to go the distance
…but I guess my oversimplified version still implicitly comments on AES states so it could use some work
No worries! Sedan seems new too, a week old account. I think it’s helpful to identify capitalism and socialism as systems, and this helps us identify the essence of that system.