✔️If you take Amtrak, collect Social Security or drive on the interstate highway system, you are partaking in a form of democratic socialism!
Dusts off: "Bernie Is Not a Socialist and America Is Not Capitalist"
theatlantic.com/international/…
Dusts off: "Bernie Is Not a Socialist and America Is Not Capitalist"
theatlantic.com/international/…
"the United States does not have a strictly capitalist economy, but a mixed one"
"In a social democracy, individuals and corporations continue to own the capital and the means of production. Much of the wealth, in other words, is produced privately. ...
"In a social democracy, individuals and corporations continue to own the capital and the means of production. Much of the wealth, in other words, is produced privately. ...
That said, taxation, government spending, and regulation of the private sector are much heavier under social democracy than would be the case under pure capitalism."
BUT, for most of America NOT reading this thread, here's why any label w "socialism" or "socialist" has become problematic:
A new Pew Research poll finds that “a much larger share of Americans have a positive impression of capitalism (65%) than socialism (42%).”
A new Pew Research poll finds that “a much larger share of Americans have a positive impression of capitalism (65%) than socialism (42%).”
AND an even more recent one from NBC:
More than half of registered voters, or 52%, have a positive view of capitalism, the survey found. At the same time, only 19% of voters have a positive view of socialism
cnbc.com/2020/02/01/vot…
More than half of registered voters, or 52%, have a positive view of capitalism, the survey found. At the same time, only 19% of voters have a positive view of socialism
cnbc.com/2020/02/01/vot…
