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Originally Posted by Tsuwabuki
I would say the former, but the former encompasses several competing definitions. My description of democratic socialism would fall among those definitions that are compatible with capitalism and do not remove self-determination or personal responsibility. Social safety nets are not hand outs. I am morally opposed to dolist socialism, even if done inside of a primarily democratic or republican form of government.
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Yes, democratic socialism is hard to define.
I wonder why doesn't Obama run on this? He is always denying being a socialist this as ridiculous. Many say that anyone that calls him a socialists or holding socialistic ideals are insane haters. Do you think this is why Obama and his politics are not being accepted easily?
I mentioned also in the hope and change thread that "Socialism" isn't evil, it just something that American ideals do not value traditionally.