Why Social Democracy Isn't Good Enough
One of the major stumbling blocks for new lefties is getting stuck in the "why can't we just have social democracy?" phase. On the surface, the Nordic Model looks pretty good - social safety nets, great public services, better workers' rights...so what's the problem? Let's talk about social democracy's critical failure, and why socialism is the better option.
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Citations and Further Reading:
How capitalism robs the Global South
https://youtu.be/35Ax-psPZ1g
https://youtu.be/DtziEZAR1Qk
Social Democracy
https://jacobin.com/2018/08/de....mocratic-socialism-s
https://youtu.be/4lDZaKjfs4E
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godesberg_Program
https://youtu.be/dxI3MzhvCdQ
https://books.google.com/books?id=_00SKFEabywC&printsec=frontcover
https://jacobin.com/2018/09/el....izabeth-warren-accou
https://jacobin.com/2017/11/ge....rman-social-democrat
https://mronline.org/2022/07/1....8/scandinavia-and-im
http://tidewaterdsa.com/concea....led-imperialism-the-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy
https://jacobin.com/2018/07/de....mocratic-socialism-b
https://jacobin.com/2016/06/so....cial-democracy-polan
https://jacobin.com/2017/08/de....mocratic-socialism-j
https://jacobin.com/2018/07/so....cialism-democrats-al
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model
H&M
https://www.renewablematter.eu..../articles/article/un
https://www.independent.co.uk/....life-style/fashion/n
https://www.business-humanrigh....ts.org/en/latest-new
https://www.reuters.com/articl....e/us-workers-garment
The involuntary/automatic alliance of the state with capitalists
http://acdc2007.free.fr/block420.pdf
Capital strikes
https://www.dsausa.org/democra....tic-left/closing_the
http://www.peterfrase.com/2011..../09/the-rights-favor
https://jacobin.com/2016/02/gu....de-third-way-clinton
François Mitterand and the austerity turn
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/0....6/29/business/search
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitter
https://www.newstatesman.com/p....olitics/uk-politics/
https://jacobin.com/2015/08/fr....ancois-mitterrand-so
The decline of Swedish social democracy
https://www.forbes.com/sites/k....urtbadenhausen/2016/
https://newleftreview.org/issu....es/ii113/articles/go
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