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[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

I never said they're the same thing. There are fundamental nuances that I fully understand the comprehend.

It's just that putting all that in a short disclaimer doesn't really fit.

The point is that people are advocating for either one of those but not socialism as a whole.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

You said this:

Social democracy/democratic socialism refers to a capitalist market economy supplemented by welfare programs, labor protections, and public services. [...] You are describing and advocating for social democracy/democratic socialism not socialism.

Which seems to quite strongly indicate you're treating them as if they're the same concept.

Also, your graphic is no good. It would be more accurate if Democratic Socialism was somewhere in between Social Democracy and what it labels (reductively) as merely "Socialism."

Democratic Socialism is a type of Socialism. A person who believes in and advocates for Democratic Socialism is still a Socialist.

You don't have to advocate for "socialism as a whole" to consider yourself a socialist. You might disagree with some types of socialism and agree with others, and you'd still be a socialist.

Just because someone is advocating for Democratic Socialism as opposed to some sort of authoritarian/accelerationist/revolutionary socialism, does not mean they're not a socialist.

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