03-24-2019, 10:49 AM
Social democracy is achievable within the American constitution. It implies a good climate for business including a consumer economy with high taxes that facilitate high incomes and universal opportunity. Such would be a difficult achievement to the extent that mass racism gets in the way -- loser whites being concerned that they would be elevated some, but would reach parity with minorities raised from lower positions. Some people think white privilege worth defending even if such implies their poverty. That reflects the concern "I don't want any mulatto grandchildren" that many white Americans still harbor.
Democratic socialism requires a massive restructuring of ownership of productive capital. It is Marxist-Leninist economics with democracy (as the Communist party of the United States advocates) and, I assume, checks and balances. Full-blown fascism, complete with torture chambers, concentration camps, Apartheid-like mistreatment of ethnic minorities, and aggressive warfare, is more likely in America than is democratic socialism.
Democratic socialism requires a massive restructuring of ownership of productive capital. It is Marxist-Leninist economics with democracy (as the Communist party of the United States advocates) and, I assume, checks and balances. Full-blown fascism, complete with torture chambers, concentration camps, Apartheid-like mistreatment of ethnic minorities, and aggressive warfare, is more likely in America than is democratic socialism.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.