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I feel pretty much the same way; is there a better name for this besides democratic socialism? > Yeah, the magic wand solution of government-run economies and

I feel pretty much the same way; is there a better name for this besides democratic socialism? > Yeah, the magic wand solution of government-run economies and doing away with money and markets doesn't work. Outside of some sophomorically edgy and loud tankies on twitter and reddit nobody really wants to do that, and it wouldn't get anywhere if they tried. While I agree the "socialists" who want full-blown (central, government run with no free market elements and no money) socialism are the minority, it's frustrating that good conversation around socialism is hard to find because detractors specifically attack this extreme side of the dichotomy.

lamontcg 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism might work.
hospitalJail 4y ago
I'm a moderate/independent and probably a capitalist due to the pragmatism. However, I tell people that I would be a radical socialist if it worked. I might be okay with inefficiencies if we really could get rid of class, or that we could keep our excess value of labor. That puts me on the extreme side. The less extreme side just seems inefficient and creates a class of government workers/politicians who control resources are the new upper class. It really sounds like you want capitalism with some sort of redistribution or better taxation. I most recently found Green Capitalism as a word I could likely get behind, but it still suffers from the issue of resources going through government workers/politicians.
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