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By moderate socialism I mean limited socialism under a democratic political regime with a free market economy.
 
By moderate socialism I mean limited socialism under a democratic political regime with a free market economy.
  
All Western democracies are in fact social-democratic. The Keynesian welfare state, introduced in the United States during the great depression of the 1930s as a response to one of the cyclic crises inherent in capitalism, is a form of minimal social-democracy. The difference between the welfare state and socialism proper is only a matter of degree. As a moderate socialist I advocate a greater degree of socialism, but within the same framework, that of liberal democracy.
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All Western democracies are in fact social-democratic. The Keynesian welfare state, introduced in the United States during the great depression of the 1930s, as a response to one of the cyclic crises inherent in capitalism, is a form of minimal social-democracy. The difference between the welfare state and socialism proper is only a matter of degree. As a moderate socialist I advocate a greater degree of socialism, but within the same framework, that of liberal democracy.
  
 
The ''theory'' of moderate socialism was developed by Eduard Bernstein, who invented the term "social-democracy." Bernstein thought that the transition to socialism could be gradual, rather than requiring a revolutionary rupture. More recently, John Rawls developed a theory of social justice which has affinities with a moderate socialist perspective.
 
The ''theory'' of moderate socialism was developed by Eduard Bernstein, who invented the term "social-democracy." Bernstein thought that the transition to socialism could be gradual, rather than requiring a revolutionary rupture. More recently, John Rawls developed a theory of social justice which has affinities with a moderate socialist perspective.

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