> no social democrats in sight The US already has social security, medicare, medicaid. It is often just plain worse/more brutal than Western European countries

> no social democrats in sight The US already has social security, medicare, medicaid. It is often just plain worse/more brutal than Western European countries but the difference isn't a radical reimagination of the social order. > barring the occasional Bernie Western Europe has likewise not imagined any new government welfare since the 1970s.