Difference between revisions of "Danton's politics"
From Danton's Real Life Userguide
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| + | I'm a moderate socialist, with leanings towards anarchism that are tempered by recognition of the value of liberal democracy. | ||
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| + | ==Moderate socialism== | ||
| + | By moderate socialism I mean limited socialism under a democratic political regime with a free market economy. | ||
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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. | ||
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| + | ==Lessons of Marxism== | ||
| + | Marx provided a useful diagnosis of the problems of capitalism, and a terrible prescription for their remedy. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Participatory democracy]] | *[[Participatory democracy]] | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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[[Category:Life]] | [[Category:Life]] | ||
