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Why Social Democracy Isn't Good Enough

480K views · Jan 13, 2023 · Education

Second Thought

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@SecondThought · 3 years ago · pinned
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@myronidasvestarossa · 3 years ago
The fact that people in the US even thinks that social democracies are too radical demonstrates we’ve got a lot of deprogrammimg to do.
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@huntermead859 · 3 years ago
It's sad that the statement "Capitalism is an absurd economic system" is so controversial
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@calebbliss8626 · 3 years ago
even if it’s not enough a social democracy sounds pretty damn nice comparatively to what it’s like in the US
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@zoidburger2830 · 3 years ago (edited)
I live in Sweden, even here capitalism is about to fuck up standars of livings for low wage workers. During the wage negotiations the social democratic unions agreed to 3-4% wage increase with 10% inflation because Volvo and other lumber companies wanted more profits. The government did nothing
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@IsaVarg · 3 years ago (edited)
In a social democracy, even the people we've elected are greedy capitalists who are constantly trying to make themselves richer and screw over the poor. I'm a Norwegian who has several illnesses that keep me from being able to work, and the government does support me a great deal, but every single year the politicians talk about how we need to cut welfare ad nauseam. It's soooo expensive to help people who would be homeless or dead without that help, but politicians living in homes paid for by taxes, getting free transportation, and earning wages exceeding 100k are somehow untouchable. They want lower taxes for the rich that pour more funds into their pockets, and there's never talk of lowering politican wages to something more reasonable, or having their homes not be given to them for free. Every year, I fear what they're going to do that could risk my health and life, because they would rather make poor people's lives a misery than even consider not living in the lap of luxury.
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@MikeFrame · 3 years ago
“Good political institutions are those that make it as easy as possible to detect whether a ruler or policy is a mistake, and to remove rulers or policies without violence when they are.” <br> <br>— David Deutsch
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@assaries · 3 years ago
As a poor, disabled Swede, I have to say that our state funded safety nets have been very hard to navigate for a while now. And seeing the few existing alternatives be removed one by one these last few years has been really difficult. It's a constant uphill battle, and the hill is just getting steeper. It's beyond me how other countries can look at our system and think it's ideal when so many poor people suffer because of it.
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@johnnibaz6883 · 3 years ago
I'm glad you talked about Mitterrand and how he and his government did exactly the opposite of what they promised.<br>Social democracy isn't bad because it's weak against capitalism. It's the worst because it makes people lose faith in the left with all its betrayals.<br>Now in France, like many other places, the working class is massively voting for extreme right parties and we're in a pre-fascist state, and the point of no return draws near.
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@nectanbo · 3 years ago
I considered myself a social democrat prior to watching this video, but you raise some brilliant points and do so without condescension whatsoever. Brilliant content, I clearly have a lot to consider.
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@joabreguz · 3 years ago (edited)
The funny thing Is that USA is so far to the right that its citizens consider Obama as socialist 😂🤭
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@Cycrum · 3 years ago
In my early stages of being a leftie, I fell into the trap of thinking social democracy was a good compromise, but I realized over time that we shouldn't compromise with capitalists
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