What is democratic socialism?
@Nomenclature One of the major issues with Democratic Socialism is that it is a tremendous subsidy to stupid/ignorant people, and essentially gives them extreme power over the more intelligent/educated who are in the minority/extreme minority. This is what Meritocracy attempts to overcome, the idea is to give more qualified people more influence in society--as demonstrated/earned through performance. Democratic functioning can work very well when the groups involved are of somewhat similar abilities. This is why I support Worker Co-operatives (or Market Socialism) under such certain conditions. The US was never democratic socialist. Democratic socialism is a political ideology that advocates political democracy alongside social ownership of the means of production with an emphasis on self- management or democratic management of economic institutions within a market socialist or decentralized socialist planned economy. |