So you hold separately the ideal of social democracy in your head from its actual implementation you see in the real world. Maybe you should consider how the fundamentals of social democracy might just naturally lead to the problems you see with the current social democratic party.
A lot of communists online do the same thing you’re doing; not reconciling the ideal they have in their head with the actual implementation in reality. Just like how there are fundamental problems with Marxist theory that result in attempts to implement it devolving into authoritarianism (centralised state power, vangaurdism, “dictatorship of the proletariat”, cults of personality, etc.), there are fundamental problems with social democracy that result in flaws in its implementation (weak/shallow analysis of power dynamics, reliance on imperialism/colonialism in the form of unequal exchange, regulatory capture, influence of money in politics, etc.)
Generally, as long as the economic system allows wealth to be converted to political power (as in the case of social democracy), or the political system allows political power to be converted to wealth (as in the case of centralized state communism), there will be corruption that eventually snowballs into major issues that cannot be solved by working within the same system.
I didn’t intend to sound condescending, I just come across that way sometimes. I am just of the opinion that stronger protections are only a temporary fix because the capitalist economic system eventually erodes any protections you could possibly make, and I believe that is a fundamental flaw in the ideology of social democracy. Not to mention that preserving capitalism also preserves a system of exploitation that extends beyond the borders of the social democratic society and generates wealth for the in-group at the expense of the out-group.
Edit: I want to add that this isn’t just speculation, it happens repeatedly throughout history. We actually had a social democratic government in the US under FDR, and it had enormous economic and social benefits, but it ultimately failed to curtail the power of big business and was rolled back. That’s why I say - no half measures. Capitalism must be destroyed entirely or it will inevitably become the dominant power system in a society.
Note how I said ideology, not party, I an not a super fan of how the current social democratic party has been handling things
So you hold separately the ideal of social democracy in your head from its actual implementation you see in the real world. Maybe you should consider how the fundamentals of social democracy might just naturally lead to the problems you see with the current social democratic party.
A lot of communists online do the same thing you’re doing; not reconciling the ideal they have in their head with the actual implementation in reality. Just like how there are fundamental problems with Marxist theory that result in attempts to implement it devolving into authoritarianism (centralised state power, vangaurdism, “dictatorship of the proletariat”, cults of personality, etc.), there are fundamental problems with social democracy that result in flaws in its implementation (weak/shallow analysis of power dynamics, reliance on imperialism/colonialism in the form of unequal exchange, regulatory capture, influence of money in politics, etc.)
Generally, as long as the economic system allows wealth to be converted to political power (as in the case of social democracy), or the political system allows political power to be converted to wealth (as in the case of centralized state communism), there will be corruption that eventually snowballs into major issues that cannot be solved by working within the same system.
Drop the condecending tone.
I am well aware of how the social democratic party has shifted their politics away from the social democratic ideology.
That does not change the ideology, it just re enforces the need to put stronger protections of government run companies.
I didn’t intend to sound condescending, I just come across that way sometimes. I am just of the opinion that stronger protections are only a temporary fix because the capitalist economic system eventually erodes any protections you could possibly make, and I believe that is a fundamental flaw in the ideology of social democracy. Not to mention that preserving capitalism also preserves a system of exploitation that extends beyond the borders of the social democratic society and generates wealth for the in-group at the expense of the out-group.
Edit: I want to add that this isn’t just speculation, it happens repeatedly throughout history. We actually had a social democratic government in the US under FDR, and it had enormous economic and social benefits, but it ultimately failed to curtail the power of big business and was rolled back. That’s why I say - no half measures. Capitalism must be destroyed entirely or it will inevitably become the dominant power system in a society.