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{{Ideology
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[[File:Demsocstar.png]] DemSoc<br>
[[File:SoftLeft.png]] Soft Left (In [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK)<br>
[[File:Nehru.png]] Nehru Socialism (In [[File:Cball-India.png]] India)<br>
[[File:Social_Reformism.png]] Ballot Box Socialism (most)<br>
[[File:CentMarxDemSoc.png]] Centrist Democratic Socialism (some)<br>
[[File:AuthDemsoc.png]] Authoritarian Democratic Socialism (Some)<br>
[[File:Demsucc.png]] DemSucc (Pejoratively)<br>
[[File:WokeDemsucc.png]] Woke Leftism (Pejoratively, in modern day West)<br>
{{Alias|ML.png|Marxism–Leninism|[[File:Succdem.png]] Succdem with a red mask}}<br>
[[File:LeftOchlo.png]]<s> Left-Ochlocracy</s><br>
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{{Info|Left Unity|LeftUnity}}<br>
[[File:Cultcenter.png|link=:Category:Cultural Center]] [[:Category:Cultural Center|{{Color|#8BC34A|'''Culturally'''}} {{Color|#9D22B2|'''Variable'''}}]] (In theory) <br>
{{Info|Culturally Left}} (Most)<br> {{Info|Communists}} (Some)<br> {{Info|Socialists}} <br> {{Info|Welfarists}} (Most)<br>
{{Info|Democratic}}<br>
[[File:Internat.png|link=:Category:Internationalists]] [[:Category:Internationalists|{{Color|#782F52|'''Internationalists'''}}]] (Most)<br>
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[[File:CentreAuthLeft.png|link=:Category:Centrists]] [[:Category:Centrists|{{Color|#C0C0C0|'''Center-'''}}]][[:Category:Authoritarian Left|{{Color|#F9BABA|'''AuthLeft'''}}]] ([[File:Nehru.png]] Nehru Socialism)<br>
[[File:CLeft.png|link=:Category:Centrists]] [[:Category:Centrists|{{Color|#C0C0C0|'''Center-'''}}]][[:Category:Left_Unity|{{Color|#F9BABA|'''Le'''}}{{Color|#C9E5BD|'''ft'''}}]]<br> ([[File:LeftPartyicon.png]] Swedish Left Party)<br>
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[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]]<br>
[[File:Dem.png]] [[Democracy]]<br>
[[File:Social_Reformism.png]] Reforms<br>
[[File:InfRevolutionaryism.png]] Revolutions ([[File:Revdemsoc.png]] Some [[File:RevSocDem.png]])<br>
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[[File:New Labourism.png]] [[Third Way|Blairites]]<br>
[[File:Tankie.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Tankies]]
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHoyoKgRq5U "The Red Flag" - Anthem of The British Labour Party]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-o3CJytIPE "Banks of Marble"] by Pete Seeger<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoEWotQKiCo Hasan is Streaming]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTfULhib_fg ¡Venceremos!] by Claudia Iturra
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJsy5jJ7Dp0 Gentle wind]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufzze_MwFmA Te Quiero Mucho Colombia]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJvPRpbFMzc Canción del Polo Democrático]<br>
[[File:Menshevik.png]] '''Menshevism'''<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohcw2H2kENU Dideba]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4v9Fn8hDQY Suburb Nights]
|theorists=[[File:Cball-EU.png]] '''Europe''' {{Collapse|
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*[[File:SwedenSocDem.png]] [[Reformist Marxism|Hjalmar Brantning]] (1860-1925) [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] {{PBW|Swedenball|Sweden}}
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*[[File:EdvardBenes.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Edvard Beneš]] (1884-1948) [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] Czechoslovakia
*[[File:Antifa.png]] [[Anti-Fascism|Giacomo Matteotti]] (1885-1924) [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] {{PBW|Italyball|Italy}}
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*[[File:Gysi.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Gregor Gysi]] (1948-) [[File:Cball-EastGermany.png]] GDR
*[[File:Fem.png]] [[Feminism|Gudrun Schyman]] (1948-) [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] {{PBW|Swedenball|Sweden}}
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[[File:Cball-Commonwealth.png]] '''Commonwealth Realm''' {{Collapse|
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*[[File:Nehru.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism|Jawaharlal]] [[Civic Nationalism|Nehru]] (1889-1964) [[File:Cball-India.png]] {{PBW|Indiaball|India}}
*[[File:Ambedkar.png]] [[Buddhist Socialism|B.R. Ambedkar]] (1891-1956) [[File:Cball-India.png]] {{PBW|Indiaball|India}}
*[[File:Bevanism.png]] [[Welfarism|Aneurin Bevan]] (1897-1960) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:AnTory.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism|George Orwell]] (1903-1950) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:SocFem.png]] [[Marxist Feminism|Barbara Castle]] (1910-2002) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:Hawking.png]] [[Scientocracy|Stephen Hawking]] (1942-2018) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:KenLiv.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Ken Livingstone]] (1945-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:MichaelRosen.png]] [[Satirism|Michael Rosen]] (1946-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:Corbynism-ball.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Jeremy Corbyn]] (1949-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:Bernst.png]] [[Reformist Marxism|John McDonnell]] (1951-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:George.png]] [[Conservative Socialism|George Galloway]] (1954-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
*[[File:UKLab.png]] [[Eco-Socialism|Zarah Sultana]] (1993-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] {{PBW|UKball|UK}}
}}
[[File:PanAsian.png]] '''Asia''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Sun Yat-Sen.png]] [[Tridemism|Sun Yat-Sen]] (1866-1925) [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] ROC
*[[File:VRL2.png]] [[Tridemism|Phan Bội Châu]] (1867-1940) [[File:Cball-France.png]] French Indochina [[File:Colonial.png]]
*[[File:ChenDuxiu.png]] [[Trotskyism|Chen Duxiu]] (1879-1942) [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] {{PBW|Chinaball|China}}
*[[File:BenChifley.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism|Ben Chifley]] (1885-1951) [[File:Cball-Australia.png]] {{PBW|Australiaball|Australia}}
*[[File:CDSP.png]] [[Conservative Socialism|Carsen
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*[[File:VietnamKMT.png]] [[Tridemism|Nguyễn Thái Học]] (1902-1930) [[File:Cball-France.png]] French Indochina [[File:Colonial.png]]
*[[File:JapCom.png]] [[
*[[File:Tarucism.png]] [[Agrarian Socialism#Philippines|Luis Taruc]] (1913-2005) [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] {{PBW|Philippinesball|Philippines}}
*[[File:PKK-icon-pcb.png]] [[Democratic Confederalism|Abdullah Öcalan]] (1949-) [[File:ROT.png]] Türkiye/[[File:Kurdish.png]] Kurdish<br>
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[[File:PanAmer.png]] '''Americas''' {{Collapse|
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*[[File:Castillo.png]] [[Socialism of the 21st Century|Pedro Castillo]] (1969-) [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] {{PBW|Peruball|Peru}}
*[[File:Ecosoc.png]] [[Eco-Socialism|Naomi Klein]] (1970-) [[File:Cball-Canada.png]] {{PBW|Canadaball|Canada}}
*[[File:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism|Kshama Sawant]] (1973-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
*[[File:Renegade Cut.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism|Leon "Renegade Cut" Thomas]] (?-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA (Formerly)
*[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism|Gabriel Becerra]] (1976-) [[File:Cball-Colombia.png]] {{PBW|Colombiaball|Colombia}}
*[[File:Music.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Julian Casablancas]] (1978-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
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*[[File:Hasanism.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Hasan Piker]] (1991-) [[File:ROT.png]] Turkey/[[File:Cball-US.png]] {{PBW|USAball|USA}}
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[[File:Cball-AfricanUnion.png]] '''Africa''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Mandela.png]] [[
*[[File:Lumumba.png]] [[African Socialism|Patrice Lumumba]] (1925-1961) [[File:Cball-
*[[File:Christsoc.png]] [[Christian Socialism|Desmond Tutu]] (1931-2021) [[File:Cball-South_Africa.png]] {{PBW|South Africaball|South Africa}}
*[[File:FranceAlbertRené.png]] [[African Socialism|France-Albert René]] (1935-2019) [[File:Cball-
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[[File:Bernst.png]] [[Reformist Marxism]]<br>
[[File:ClassicalSocDem.png]]
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*[[File:Centmarxf.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy|Centrist Marxism]]
*[[File:RevSoc.png]] [[Socialism#Revolutionary Socialism|Revolutionary Socialism]]
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[[File:AuthDemsoc.png]] '''Authoritarian Democratic Socialism/Illiberal Workplace Democracy''' [[File:IllibWPD.png]] {{Collapse|
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[[File:CentMarxDemSoc.png]] '''Centrist Democratic Socialism''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Social Reformism.png]] [[Revolutionary Progressivism|Revolutionary-Parliamentarianism]]
*'''Factions:'''
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**[[File:KeirHardie.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy|Keir Hardie Labourism]] (UK)
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[[File:Revdemsoc.png]] '''Revolutionary Democratic Socialism''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Anti-Reform.png]] Anti-Reformism
*[[File:Demcon.png]] [[Democratic Confederalism]] (Most, modern)
*[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]]
*[[File:RevSoc.png]] [[Socialism#Revolutionary Socialism|Revolutionary Socialism]]
*[[File:Luxem.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy|Spartacism]] (Most)
*[[File:Tarucism.png]] [[Agrarian Socialism#Philippines|Tarucism]] (In The Philippines)
}}
|regional =
[[File:Dsa.png]] '''American Democratic Socialism''' {{Collapse|
*[[File:Globnat.png]] [[Alter-Globalism]]
*[[File:Anticon.png]] Anti-Conservatism
*[[File:Antifa.png]] [[Anti-Fascism]]
*[[File:Antiimp.png]] [[Isolationism|Anti-Imperialism]]
*[[File:Anti-Racist.png]] Anti-Racism
*[[File:Antizion.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Zionism}}
*[[File:Chavismo.png]] [[Chavismo]] (sympathetic)
*[[File:Cooperative Socialism.png]] [[Market Socialism|Cooperativism]]
*[[File:Ecosoc.png]] [[Eco-Socialism]]
*[[File:Synd.png]] [[Syndicalism|Laborism]]
*[[File:Leftpop-0.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]]
*[[File:Liberalsoc.png]] [[Liberal Socialism]]
*[[File:Multicult.png]] [[Multiculturalism]]
*[[File:Nordsoc.png]] [[Nordic Model|Nordic Socialism]]
*[[File:ProgSoc.png]] [[Progressivism]]
*[[File:Secular.png]] [[Secularism]]
*[[File:LeftSocdem.png]] [[Social Democracy|Left-Social Democracy]]
*[[File:SocFem.png]] [[Marxist Feminism|Socialist Feminism]]
*'''Factions:'''
**[[File:Demcr.png]] [[Big Tent Liberalism|Democratism]]
**[[File:Centmarxf.png]] [[Centrist Marxism]]
**[[File:Libsoc.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism]]<ref>https://reformandrevolution.org/2021/09/08/whos-who-in-dsa-a-guide-to-dsa-caucuses/</ref>
**[[File:Bernst.png]] [[Reformist Marxism
**[[File:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism]]<ref>https://reformandrevolution.org/2021/09/08/whos-who-in-dsa-a-guide-to-dsa-caucuses/</ref>
}}
*[[File:Christsoc.png]] [[Christian Socialism]]<ref>The group was formed by past members of the Socialist Party, actors, judges, and many leftist Catholics who did not become full members of the Communist Party because it was seen as an atheist organization.</ref>
*'''Factions:'''
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*[[File:ClassSocDem.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy]]
*[[File:Leftac.png]] [[Acid Communism|Left-Accelerationism]] (Described)
*[[File:RegulationMarkSoc.png]] [[Regulationism|Regulated Market Socialism]]
}}
*[[File:Austrmarx.png]] [[Austromarxism]]
*[[File:ModerateML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Moderate Marxism-Leninism]]
*[[File:ModNatcom.png]] [[National Communism|Moderate National Communism]]
}}
*''Factions:'''
**[[File:BlueLabour.png]] [[Guild Socialism|Blue Labour]] (Recently)
**[[File:Starmer.png]] [[Third Way]] (Starmer, Self-proclaimed)
*'''Historically'''
**[[File:Euroscept.png]] Euroscepticism
**[[File:CLPop.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]]
**[[File:SyndieSam.png]] [[Syndicalism|Trade Unionism]]
**[[File:JacobinMag.png]] [[Mediacracy|Tribune Group]]
}}
*[[File:Antimon.png]] Anti-Monarchism
*[[File:Antiimp.png]] [[Isolationism|Non-Interventionism]]
*[[File:Nordmodel.png]] [[Nordic Model]]
*[[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]]
*[[File:Republicanismpix.png]] [[Republicanism]]
*[[File:SocFem.png]] [[Marxist Feminism|Socialist Feminism]]
*'''Factions:'''
**[[File:LeftAntiCom.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Left Anti-Communism]] (Modern)
*'''Historically:'''
**[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]]
}}
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*[[File:Bernst.png]] [[Reformist Marxism]]
*[[File:Compop.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Radical Left-Populism]]
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*[[File:UniWelf.png]] [[Welfarism]]
*[[File:WPD.png]] [[Socialism|Workplace Democracy]]
*'''Factions'''
**[[File:AntiNuclear.png]] Anti-Nuclear
**[[File:HardLeft.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Hard Left]]
**[[File:SoftLeft.png]] [[Social Democracy|Soft Left]]
**[[File:SocialistCorporatism.png]] [[Corporatism]]
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WIP
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*[[File:Gorb.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Gorbachevism]] (Sympathetic)
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*[[File:AntiCaste.png]] Anti-Caste
*[[File:Indust.png]] [[Industrialism]]
*[[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]]
*[[File:Secular.png]] [[Secularism]]
*[[File:Pac.png]] Pacifism
*[[File:NAM.png]] {{PCBA|Non-Alignedism}}
*[[File:SemiAuthPar.png]] [[Particracy]]
*[[File:Irridentism.png]] [[Irredentism]]
*[[File:PlannedEconomy.png]] [[Regulationism|Licence Raj]]
*[[File:LeftSocauth.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism|Left-Social Authoritarianism]]
*[[File:SocauthGeo.png]] [[Social Georgism]]
*[[File:Statesoc.png]] [[State Socialism]]
*[[File:Cball-USSR.png]] Sovietphilia
*[[File:Tito.png]] [[Titoism]] (Sympathetic)
*[[File:World_Federalism2.png]] [[World Federalism]]<ref>https://quotefancy.com/quote/1341913/Jawaharlal-Nehru-I-have-long-believed-that-the-only-way-peace-can-be-achieved-is-through</ref>
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*'''Historically:'''
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[[File:SYRIZA.png]] '''Tsiprasism''' {{Collapse|
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*[[File:AntiAusterity.png]] Anti-Austerity (Self-proclaimed)
*[[File:AntiNeoLib.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Capitalism|Anti-Neoliberalism}}
*[[File:Ecosoc.png]] [[Eco-Socialism]]
*[[File:Guevara.png]] [[Guevarism]] (Sympathetic)
*[[File:LeftSocdem.png]] [[Social Democracy|Left-Social Democracy]]
*[[File:Leftpop-0.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]]
}}
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[[File:Globnat.png]] [[Alter-Globalism]] (Factions)<br>
[[File:Boric.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism|Boricism]]<br>
[[File:Chavismo.png]] [[Chavismo]]<br>
[[File:ChenDuxiu.png]] [[Trotskyism|Chen Duxiu Thought]]<br>
[[File:Demcon.png]] [[Democratic Confederalism]]<br>
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[[File:HPLovecraft.png]] [[Cosmicism|Lovecraftianism]]<br>
[[File:Monsoc.png]] [[Monarcho-Socialism]] (Factions)<br>
[[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]] (Some)<br>
[[File:BullMooseProg.png]] [[Bull Moose Progressivism|Sinclairism]]<br>
[[File:Soc21.png]] [[Socialism of the 21st Century]]<br>
[[File:3princ.png]] [[Tridemism]]<br>
[[File:Dr. West.png]] [[Radical Democracy|Westism]]<br>
[[File:Neo-Wolffism.png]] [[Neo-Marxism|Wolffism]]<br>
[[File:Zinn.png]] [[Social Anarchism|Zinnism]]<br>
}}
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[[File:ParisCom.png]] [[w:Paris Commune|Paris Commune]] (1871, arguably)<br>
[[File:Cball-Georgia.png]] [[Reformist Marxism|Georgia under the rule of the Mensheviks]] [[File:Menshevik.png]] (1918-1921)<br>
[[File:Cball-Yugoslavia.png]] [[Titoism|Yugoslavia]] (1945-1992)<br>
[[File:Cball-India.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism|India]] (1947-1964)<br>
[[File:Cball-Algeria.png]] [[Arab Socialism|Algeria under Ben Bella]] (1963-1965)<br>
[[File:Swhf.png]] [[National Communism|Czechoslovakia under Dubček]] (1968-1969)<br>
[[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] [[Alter-Globalism|Sweden under Olof Palme]] [[File:OlofPalme.png]] (1969-1976, 1982-1986)<br>
[[File:Cball-Chile.png]] [[Reformist Marxism|Chile under the leadership of Salvador Allende]] [[File:Allende.png]] (1970-1973)<br>
[[File:Cball-USSR.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|USSR under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev]] [[File:Gorb.png]] (1985-1991)<br>
[[File:Cball-Bolivia.png]] [[Socialism of the 21st Century|Bolivia under MAS-IPSP]] [[File:Evo.png]] (2006-)<br>
[[File:Cball-Uruguay.png]] [[Socialism of the 21st Century|Uruguay under Mujica]] [[File:Mujica.png]] (2010-2015)<br>
[[File:Rojava.png]] [[Democratic Confederalism|Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava)]] (2012-)<br>
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}}
{{Quote|quote="For socialism, as a fully democratic society based on the common ownership of the means of production, demands, in order to function, the voluntary cooperation of the immense majority of the population. It is a society which simply cannot be established by a minority, however enlightened, determined or benevolent. Leaders, whether reformist parliamentarians or insurrectionist vanguards, cannot establish socialism; all they can and have established is some form of state capitalism”|speaker=[[File:Menshevik.png]] [[Reformist Marxism|Julius Martov]]
}}
'''Democratic Socialism''' ('''DemSoc'''), not to be confused with [[File:
Democratic Socialism seeks to combine [[File:Dem.png]] [[Democracy|Democracy]] and [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[socialism|Socialism]], viewing dominant socialist currents as undemocratic (and usually as not truly socialist, due to this). This is done typically by means of advocating for transition to socialism by [[File:Reform.png]] [[Reformism|Reformist]] and electoralist means, using [[File:Liberal Democracy.png]] [[Liberalism|Liberal democracy]] to acheive a socialist society, rather than using revolutionary, or otherwise violent or non-reformist means.
Despite the former, sometimes dubbed [[File:EvolutionarySoc.png]] "'''Evolutionary Democratic Socialism'''", or just "'''Evolutionary Socialism'''", being by far the most popular Democratic Socialist current, there also exists a form of Democratic Socialism that does support (violent) revolution. [[File:Revdemsoc.png]] '''Revolutionary Democratic Socialism''' does not view electoralism as a legitimate or practical way of achieving socialism, but rather supports a revolution to establish a socialist society with democratic governance. In this way, this form of Democratic Socialism is democratic not in its means, like Evolutionary Socialism, but only in its ends. [[File:CentMarxDemSoc.png]] '''Centrist Democratic Socialism''' takes a position between reformist and revolutionary views combining elements from both to reach a democratic socialist society.
==History==
===[[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] Czechoslovakia [[File:Swhf.png]][[File:Dubcekism.png]]===
'''Socialism with a Human Face''' (SwHF) was a term coined by [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|liberal socialist]] Radovan Richta to describe the beliefs of Alexander Dubček and the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia under his rule. It sought to bring about moderate democratic reforms, which put it at odds with the ideologies of the other Eastern Bloc countries. It sought to transition Czechoslovakia into a multiparty, democratic socialist state, and guarantee citizens the freedom of speech, press and movement. Socialism with a Human Face also had a distinct foreign policy, which was to seek good relations with both the Eastern Bloc, and western nations.
Socialism with a Human Face believed that highly authoritative and centralized policies were no longer needed in Czechoslovakia, as the bourgeois class had already been defeated and done away with. It also sought to modernize Czechoslovakia, and have it join the rest of the world in terms of scientific and technological advancements. Moreover, SwHF believed that the proletariat must not only be liberated from the exploitation of the bourgeoisie, but also that socialism "must make more provisions for a fuller life of the personality than any bourgeois democracy."
In response to Dubček's reforms, the Soviet Union and supporting members of the [[File:NeoComBall.png]] Warsaw Pact invaded Czechoslovakia. This caused a rift in Communist movements around the world, and the legacy of the invasion led to the actualization of [[File:Eurocom.png]] [[Eurocommunism]].
===[[File:Cball-UK.png]] United Kingdom [[File:ClementAttlee.png]]===
The UK Labour Party was first formed on the 27th of February 1900 by the Labour Representation Committee (a pressure group that focused on workers' rights) and was initially [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism|socialist]] and the abolition of private property was included in the party's platform but by the 1940s, in accordance with many other [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism|socialist]] political parties in Europe, the abolishment of private property was dropped from their party platform and they swiftly won elections after this. [[File:ClementAttlee.png]] [[Fabian Socialism|Clement Atlee]] was elected prime minister in 1945, just three years later his party created the NHS and oversaw mass nationalizations and the formation of a comprehensive welfare state.
===[[File:Cball-US.png]] United States [[File:Debs.png]] [[File:Dsa.png]]===
Democratic Socialism first emerged in the US with [[File:Debs.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy|Eugene Debs]]. Debs was a socialist from Indiana and ran for president a total of five times, he first came into national attention when he organised a strike against a big railroad company when that company cut employees pay it would become known as Debs' rebellion. Grover Cleveland intervened and sent in the army to break the strike killing 14 and sending Debs to prison. Debs would then go on to found the socialist party and denounce protective tariffs as causing wage cuts and being tools of the elite. Debs would then go to prison again under Woodrow Wilson because he was strongly opposed to US entry into WW1 and urged resistance to the draft, Wilson called him a traitor and charged him with sedition. President Harding commuted his sentence but he did not grant a pardon, Eugene Debs would then die in prison.
Eugene Debs' party, Socialist Party of America, would stay around long after him though they never came close to winning even a single state in nationwide or statewide elections however they did manage to entrench themselves in the city of Milwaukee and controlled the mayorship of the city for decades, until the party collapsed in the 1970s. They were often called Sewer Socialists because of their tendency to brag about Milwaukee's excellent sewer system which they had created.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are a pressure group and political organisation dedicated to advancing socialism in America. They saw a massive boost in membership after senator Sander's failed run for the democratic nomination in 2016 and by 2018 several card carrying members of the organisation (such as Rashida Tlaib and AOC) were elected to congress and have since made headlines and gained fame.
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At the beginning of the 20th century in [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia, two parties stood on the positions of democratic socialism: the [[File:Menshevik.png]] Mensheviks and the [[File:Esers.png]] [[Agrarian Socialism|Socialist-Revolutionaries]].
During the years of [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] Soviet power, democratic socialism was popular among the opposition.In his “Draft Constitution of the Union of Soviet Republics of Europe and Asia”, Academician A. D. Sakharov reflected the principles of a state with broad democratic rights and a mixed planned market economy, in which entrepreneurs are financially responsible for the social consequences of their activities.
In 1985, [[File:Gorb.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Mikhail Gorbachev]] came to power and tried (and failed) to reform the [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] Soviet Union.
Today, many provisions of democratic socialism have broad support in [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia. According to the All-Russian Poll of VCIOM in February 2006, 46.7% of the population spoke in favor of recreating a strong and socially oriented, but at the same time democratic, state. However, this ideology is almost not associated with the existing socialist or social democratic parties, which were supported by only 4% of the respondents.
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As a result of the elections in [[File:Cball-Chile.png]] Chile in 1970, the [[File:Lpop.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Popular Unity]] party, led by [[File:Allende.png]] [[Marxism|Salvador Allende]], came to power. Economic reforms were carried out, as a result of which the US share in the Chilean economy decreased, and workers' self-government was also introduced.
However, in 1973 this government was overthrown by a military junta led by [[File:Pinochet-hat.png]] [[Pinochetism|Augusto Pinochet]].
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[[File:Nehru.png]] [[
Under the mentorship of Mahatma Gandhi, he became Chairman of the Indian National Congress, and later, after the country gained independence on August 15, 1947, the first Prime Minister of India. He remained in this post until May 27, 1964, when he died of a heart attack. Nehru took a neutral position in foreign policy, implying India's independence from both the [[File:Necon.png]] Western and [[File:Cball-USSR.png]] Eastern blocs. In view of this, he, along with [[File:Nasser2.png]] [[Arab Socialism|Gamal Abdel Nasser]] and [[File:JosipBrozTito.png]] [[Titoism|Josip Broz Tito]], took part in the tripartite consultations that preceded the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement, which unites countries with economies that differ significantly from [[File:Markets.png]] [[Capitalism|capitalism]] and [[File:ML-Alt.png]] [[
In domestic politics, [[File:Nehru.png]] Nehru was an active supporter of [[File:Georgist.png]] [[Georgism|Georgism]], while recognizing private initiative as the main functional engine of harmonious economic and social development.
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[[File:Mao.png]] Mao criticised Democratic Socialism as early as in 1921. Throughout the history of CPC, DemSoc has been officially criticised. However, as the liberlefts in China never formed a real political party, there has always been some Democratic Socialism sympathisers (like Xie Tao) within the CPC, especially when [[File:Dengf.png]] [[Dengism|Dengism]] produced an ideological chaos in China.
'''[[File:ChenDuxiu.png]] [[Trotskyism|Chen Duxiu Thought]] [[File:ChenDuxiu.png]]'''
[[File:ChenDuxiu.png]] [[Trotskyism|Chen Duxiu Thought]] is an ideology based on the ideas of Chen Duxiu, the first general secretary and the main founder of the [[File:Mao.png]] [[Maoism|Chinese Communist Party]]. He believed that [[File:Cball-China.png]] China should not follow the ideas of [[File:Stalin.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism#Soviet_Union|Stalin]], but should follow the path of [[File:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism]] and [[File:Demsocstar.png]] Democratic Socialism.
However, in 1927, he left the post of General Secretary of the CCP, and founded his own faction in 1929. In 1932 he was arrested by the Nationalist government. Though there had been a time when Chen was considered the leader of Chinese Trotskists, it turned out that his ideas were much different from the Trots', which left him hardly any supporters when he died in 1942.
'''Xie Tao and the arguments around Democratic Socialism (2007-2008) '''
In 2007, Democratic Socialism writer Xie Tao (谢韬，1921-2010）'s article ''Democratic Socialism and the Future of Workers'' led to a strong debate in China. Xie claimed that "the [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Swedish Model of Democratic Socialism is orthodox Marxism", and later further claimed that "only Democratic Socialism can save China" and called for political reform.
At that time, this article caused a strong debate in China, and even influenced CPC's 17th National Congress. Supporters believe that the high welfare social system mentioned in the article is progressiveness and referential. Opponents believe that the author did not have a deep understanding of the thoughts of [[File:Ormarxf.png]] Marx, [[File:Orengelsf.png]] Engels and Bernstein. In January 2008, [[File:Hujintao.png]] Hu Jintao, Chinese presednt at that time, ended the debate by stating that "The Reform and Opening up Policy does not mean abolishing socialism".<ref>This may seem weird to many, as DemSoc is undoutedly classified to "socialism". But the fact is that The Party Central Committee has the power to define what socialism is. Presently, ideologies different from Marxism-Lennism, Maoism and Dengism are not regarded as "socialism" in China. Hu was actually meaning that the CPC would take no interest in Democratic Socialism and continue practicing Dengism. </ref>
===[[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Sweden [[File:LeftPartyicon.png]]===
[[File:LeftPartyicon.png]] Jonas Sjöstedt is a Swedish politician who was Chairman of the [[File:LeftPartyicon.png]] Left Party from 2012 to 2020, and is a former metal worker. He has also been a member of the [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Swedish Parliament since 2010.
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Based in New York from 2006 to 2010, Sjöstedt is also a member of the [[File:Ecosoc.png]] [[Eco-Socialism|US Socialist Party]]. He writes for [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Swedish publications, articles for radio and newspapers, as well as history and fiction. Married to a [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Swedish diplomat. Ann Mawe, who was a member of the [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Swedish delegation to the [[File:Cball-UN.png]] UN.
=== [[File:Cball-Albania.png]] Albania ===
Lëvizja Bashkë or Organizata Politike, a democratic socialist organization in Albania, was founded during the 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations. They opposed both [[File:Libconserv3.png]] [[Liberal Conservatism|Democratic Party of Albania]] and [[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy|Socialist Party of Albania]].
In addition to having close views on some issues with [[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxism-Leninism]], Lëvizja Bashkë criticized the [[File:Socauth.png]] [[Social Authoritarianism|authoritarian policies]] of [[File:Stalin.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Stalinism]] and defended [[Democracy|direct democracy]] against the [[Authoritarianism|dictatorship of the proletariat]].
Lëvizja Bashkë's views are based on ideologies such as [[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy|social democracy]], democratic socialism, [[File:Prog-u.png]] [[progressivism]] and [[File:Leftpop-0.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|left-wing populism]]. They carry out activities like [[File:SyndieSam.png]] solidarity with proletarians and making ideological publications.
===[[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Hungary [[File:Nagy.png]]===
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===[[File:Cball-Poland.png]] Poland [[File:Razem.png]] [[File:Zandberg.png]]===
[[File:Razem.png]] Left Together (Lewica Razem) is a Polish political party that was founded in 2015 and ran in the parliamentary elections in the same year. Before the elections, the party's founder, [[File:Zandberg.png]] Adrian Zandberg, appeared in an election debate on [[File:TVP-Canon.png]] TVP (polish tv) and was announced the winner. The party criticized the left-wing parties [[File:SLD.png]] SLD and [[File:Wiosna.png]] Spring. in the elections, the party gained over 3% support, thanks to which it obtained money from the state budget, but it did not enter parliament. in the European Parliament elections, Razem joined DiEM15 (from which it left in 2022), but it did not manage to cross the electoral threshold. In 2019, Together ran for parliament together with SLD and Wiosna. 7 parliamentarians of the party got into the Sejm. in 2023, Zandberg's party also ran with SLD and Wiosna, and 9 of the party's parliamentarians got elected.
Razem views are [[File:Lpop.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|left-wing]], democratic and pro-European. The party believes in [[File:Ecosoc.png]] [[Eco-Socialism|ecological]] and [[File:SocFem.png]] feminist values. Together opposes Russia's aggression against [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine and opposes Israel's genocide in [[File:Cball-Palestine.png]] Gaza. Party is [[File:SyndieSam.png]] [[Syndicalism|pro-union]], [[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism|progressive]]
==Beliefs and Views==
Democratic socialism is a [[File:Leftunity.png]] left-wing [[File:Dem.png]] democratic and usually [[File:Socialist Reformism.png]] reformist ideology. Its fundamental principles are nearly the same as those of [[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]] - [[File:LibFoundation.png]] [[Social Democracy#Beliefs_and_Views|freedom]], [[File:Consti.png]] [[Social Democracy#Beliefs_and_Views|justice]], and [[File:SyndieSam.png]] [[Social Democracy#Beliefs and Views|solidarity]].
===[[File:Partip.png]] Economics [[File:Marketsoc.png]]===
Economies of democratic socialism typically are formed of mass nationalizations of industries, while [[File:socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy|socdems]] simply want the commanding heights or essential public services to be controlled by the state, Democratic Socialists want the entire economy to be controlled by the state which can incur large costs and ultimately caused one of the first big divides of the UK labour party between those who wanted to save money by only nationalizing essential services and those who wanted to establish a socialist state.
However in the modern day several Demsocs have come up with new versions of democratic socialism such as fiscal localism, where local communities are put first with tariffs and subsidizes given to keep full employment and avoid the deindustrialization that destroyed unions' political power across the west.
Another form of democratic socialism is with the implementation of [[File:Marketsoc.png]] [[Market Socialism]] where the state implements plans such as [[File:SwedenSocDem.png]] Employee funds which would've seen unions control every company in Sweden approximately 20 years after implementation.
==Variants==
===[[File:AuthDemsoc.png]] Authoritarian Democratic Socialism===
'''Authoritarian Democratic Socialism''' (also known as [[File:IllibWPD.png]] '''Illiberal Workplace Democracy''') is a variant of democratic socialism that believes in implementing such a system through an [[File:IllibDem.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|illiberal democratic]] government. The democracy itself usually comes from [[File:Cooperative Socialism.png]] [[Market Socialism|cooperatives]] managed by the state. An example of this would be [[File:Tito.png]] [[Titoism|Tito’s Yugoslavia]]. Alternatively, this variant could be interpreted as an [[File:AuthSoc.png]] [[State Socialism|authoritarian socialist]] regime’s way of gradually giving more democracy back to the workers in a kind of [[File:DemocraticTransition-icon.png]] [[Illiberal Democracy|democratic transition]]. An example of this would be the USSR under [[File:Gorb.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|Gorbachev]].
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Democratic socialism usually behaves like a softer version of [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]] or like a harder version of [[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]]. He also doesn't like being confused with [[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy|socdem]].
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==Relations==
===Friends
*[[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism]] - My father‘s intentions were good, but his [[File:Statesoc.png]] authoritarian forms were absolutely problematic.
*[[File:Dem.png]] [[Democracy]] - Without democracy, a society is nothing.
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*[[File:Synd.png]] [[Syndicalism]] -
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*[[File:Soc21.png]] [[Socialism of the 21st Century]] - Cool Latin American Son
*[[File:IronFront.png]] [[Anti-Authoritarianism|Iron Front]] - Down with [[File:Tankie.png]] [[marxism–Leninism|tankies]], [[File:Fash.png]] [[Fascism|fascists]] and [[File:Monarch.png]] [[Monarchism|monarchists]]!
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*[[File:Afrsoc.png]] [[African Socialism]] - Kérékou, Sankara, Lumumba, and Mandela were also great.
*[[File:ClassSocDem.png]] [[Classical Social Democracy]] - Me, but more explicitly Marxist. Still far too radical for my tastes but I still do see you as an end-goal though.
*[[File:Bernst.png]] [[Reformist Marxism]] -
===Frenemies===
*[[File:Georgist.png]] [[Georgism]] - I like his policies on land, despite being a cappie. <s>Still a capitalist, though</s>
*[[File:Consocf.png]] [[Conservative Socialism]] - I like your economic takes, but not your social takes.
*[[File:Liberalsoc.png]] [[Liberal Socialism]] - My brother. We may seem very similar on the surface, but worker-owned means of production doesn’t seem to be a goal of yours. My [[File:Perti.png]][[File:LeftPartyicon.png]] more moderate varieties [[File:Dsa.png]] still like your methods, however.
*[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]] - My other brother who accepts capitalism. Also, we're not the same! ([[File:ANC-icon.png]][[File:LabourNZ-icon.png]][[File:SwedenSocDem.png]][[File:USAProg.png]] These variants [[File:PedroSanchez.png]][[File:ClementAttlee.png]] are pretty based though)
*[[File:Eurocom.png]] [[Eurocommunism]] - Despite being generally similar I don't like the EU for being too neoliberal and also we used to compete for votes in Italy.
*[[File:Reform.png]] [[Reformism]] - Reforms are great, but a revolution can also be a good thing.
*[[File:Tito.png]] [[Titoism]] - Authoritarian tankie, but still better than the others. Pulling away from Stalin was mega based and killing fascists in pits was even more based.
*[[File:3princ.png]] [[Tridemism]] - Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People are based but you went down the drain quickly by Chiang Kai-shek's oppressive right-wing dictatorship and Maoist totalitarian communist tyranny, now I don't know what you are anymore.
*[[File:World Federalism2.png]] [[World Federalism]] - We
*[[File:Socliber.png]] [[Social Libertarianism]] - I like your decentralization but when are you going to let the workers seize the means of production?
*[[File:Chavismo.png]] [[Chavismo]] - A little too authoritarian but I still oppose any actions against you since that would be neocon imperialism. America should lift the sanctions on Venezuela even though Maduro is kinda cringe and much worse than his predecessor Chavez.
*[[File:Nordmodel.png]] [[Nordic Model]] - Not exactly what I want, but not bad at all.
*[[File:Civnat.png]] [[Civic Nationalism]] - I mean I don't hate you but you are too economically liberal quite often.
*[[File:Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism]] - You are way too moderate! But we often have to work together in coalition governments.
*[[File:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism]] - You were part of us in the past, Then you betrayed us by joining [[File:Orthlen.png]] [[Leninism|him]], But Chen Duxiu is based.
*[[File:Baath.png]] [[Ba'athism]] - As much as I despise both Saddam and Assad (the latter isn't even a socialist), the Iraq War and foreign intervention in the Syrian civil war made things much worse and led to the rise of ISIS.
*[[File:Gaddafi.png]] [[Gaddafism]] - Same as above.
*[[File:Hochi.png]] [[Ho Chi Minh Thought]] - Same as above. The US had no place in the Vietnam War but Vietnam is a repressive and now authoritarian capitalist-communist one-party dictatorship like China.
*[[File:Kemal.png]] [[Kemalism]] - The welfare is kinda based, but you have long since abandoned even a hint of sympathy towards socialism.
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*[[File:European Federalism.png]] [[European Federalism]] - Most of my followers are sceptical of you, but [[File:ModDemsoc.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|some of]] my followers support you.
* [[File:Anpacf.png]] [[Anarcho-Pacifism|Paci]][[Pacifist Feminism|fists]] [[File:Pacfem-1.png]] - (Sigh) Look...... I prefer peace too, but if you won't even fight fascists or other tyrants then you are de facto helping them, this should be elementary level common sense.
* [[File:Orthlen.png]] [[Leninism]] - MY OLD EX! You derailed the Russian Revolution, as we should've worked with [[File:Kerensky.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|him]], even though he was a weird lib, but we needed more allies in the revolution! You invaded me in Georgia! But we used to work together, ah... the good old days....
===Enemies===
*[[File:Soccap.png]] [[Social Capitalism]] - Same as Soclib but even worse.
*[[File:Deleon.png]] [[De Leonism]] and [[File:Impossible.png]] [[Impossibilism]] - STOP BULLYING ME FOR BEING REFORMIST!
*[[File:Nazbol.png]] [[National Bolshevism]] - You're like [[File:Consocf.png]] [[Conservative Socialism|ConSoc]] but worse.
*[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] - Stop
*[[File:Amerdem.png]] [[American Model|American Democracy]] - Fake democracy!
*[[File:Corp.png]] [[Corporatocracy]] - Corporations are bad enough, and now you want them to rule!
*[[File:Ancapf.png]] [[Anarcho-Capitalism]] - Aren't you that [[File:Corp.png]] scum again?
*[[File:Zio.png]] [[Zionism]] - Free Palestine!
*[[File:Pinochet-hat.png]] [[Pinochetism]] - I'll never forgive you for what you did to [[File:Allende.png]] Allende!
*[[File:ML.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism]] - Stop giving [[File:Soc-h.png]] [[Socialism|him]] a terrible name!
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*[[File:Mao.png]] [[Maoism]] - I don’t care that you later split with the man above. I’ll never forgive you for supporting the invasion of Hungary. <s>But we can work together against [[File:Dengf.png]] [[Dengism]].</s>
*[[File:Brezhnev.png]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Brezhnev Doctrine]] - Filthy authoritarian Soviet imperialist, Prague Spring never forget!
*[[File:Dengf.png]] [[Dengism]] - Filthy monopolist (especially Tze-min) and authoritarian. Xi and Quanguo are even worse, being nazbols. Tankies still defend you for some reason I can't comprehend.
*[[File:Polpot.png]] [[Pol Potism]] - Disgusting dictator who genocided a large portion of his population. You ruined the name of socialism for many, and worse yet, you then had the audacity to [[w:Party of Democratic Kampuchea|ruin my name as well]]!?
*[[File:Milosevic.png]] [[Welfare Chauvinism|Milosevicism]] - Another chauvinist, genocidal scum who uses my name for his atrocities.
*[[File:Abmon.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism]] - Why do you still exist?
*[[File:Moncap.png]] [[Monarcho-Capitalism]] - Bruh.
*[[File:Imp.png]] [[Imperialism]] - One of the biggest evils in human history.
*[[File:Nazi.png]] [[
*[[File:Korwinism-Pikselart.png]] [[Korwinism]] - Yes, I support socialism AND democracy. Got a problem with that?
*[[File:Hoppef.png]] [[Hoppeanism]] - WHY?
*[[File:3way.png]] [[Third Way]] - Fucking Blairites, I'll never forgive you for sabotaging [[File:Corbynism-ball.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism|Corbyn]] and ousting him from his own party!
*[[File:Demcr.png]] [[
*[[File:Obj.png]] [[Objectivism]] - What the hell is this pseudo-intellectual garbage?
*[[File:Thatcher.png]] [[
*[[File:Fiscon.png]] [[Fiscal Conservatism]] - Austerity has done a number on the workers of the world, and it is beyond time to move past this travesty to establish a new kind of economy.
*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]] - Literally capitalism without the mask! Also even if [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|he]] is sometimes willing to work with you, I cannot do the same in good faith.
*[[File:AltBert.png]] [[National Libertarianism#Alt-Libertarianism|Alt-Right Libertarianism]] - Bruh, you are literally a fascist that smokes weed.
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==Further Information
===Wikipedia===
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*[[File:Cball-UK.png]] [[w:Jeremy_Corbyn|Jeremy Corbyn]] [[File:Corbynism-ball.png]]
**[[w:Political_positions_of_Jeremy_Corbyn|Political positions of Jeremy Corbyn]]
*[[File:Cball-UK.png]] [[w:George_Orwell|George Orwell]] [[File:AnTory.png]]
*[[File:Cball-Germany.png]] [[w:Karl_Kautsky|Karl Kautsky]]
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====Political Parties====
*[[File:Cball-UK.png]] [[w:Socialist_Campaign_Group|Socialist Campaign Group]]
*[[File:Cball-France.png]] [[w:La_France_Insoumise|La France Insoumise]] [[File:LaFranceInsoumise.png]]
*[[File:Cball-US.png]] [[w:Democratic_Socialists_of_America|Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)]] [[File:Dsa.png]]
*[[File:Cball-US.png]] [[w:Socialist_Party_USA|Socialist Party USA]]
*[[File:Cball-Spain.png]] [[w:Podemos_(Spanish_political_party)|Podemos]] [[File:Podemos.png]]
*[[File:Cball-Germany.png]] [[w:The_Left_(Germany)|Die Linke]] [[File:LINKE.png]]
*[[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] [[w:Left_Party_(Sweden)|Left Party]]
*[[File:Cball-Finland.png]] [[w:Left_Alliance_(Finland)|Left Alliance]]
*[[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] [[w:Socialism_and_Liberty_Party|Socialism and Liberty Party]] [[File:Psolism.png]]
*[[File:Cball-Portugal.png]] [[w:Left_Bloc_(Portugal)|Left Bloc]]
*[[File:Cball-Chile.png]] [[w:Popular_Unity_(Chile)|Popular Unity]]
*[[File:ROT.png]] [[w:Peoples'_Democratic_Party_(Turkey)|Peoples' Democratic Party]] [[File:HDP Turkey.png]]
*[[File:Cball-Poland.png]] [[w:Left_Together|Left Together]] [[File:Razem.png]]
===Literature===
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225232519/http://www.etext.org/Politics/AlternativeOrange/2/v2n3_sdvr.html Social Democracy Versus Revolutionary Democratic Socialism]
*[https://archive.org/details/socialism00harrrich/page/n11/mode/2up Socialism]
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*[https://www.versobooks.com/products/1070-state-power-socialism State, Power, Socialism] by [[File:StructMarx.png]] [[Neo-Marxism|Nicos Poulantzas]]
*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805081240 Bait and Switch] by Barbara Ehrenreich
*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312427999 The Shock Doctrine] by Naomi Klein
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*[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0856830259 Christianity and Social Order] by Archbishop William Temple
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1okh3h_tPDb9aAthkClWu-a_JGR-2h159/view?usp=sharing The Chilean road to socialism: 1970-73] by Collier et all
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===Videos===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07xFULkgBoI Democratic Socialism Vs. Social Democracy] by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCldfgbzNILYZA4dmDt4Cd6A Secular Talk]
*[https://youtu.be/zICHHhalRFI The *Socialist* Political Compass: Methods to create socialism] by [https://www.youtube.com/LuckyBlackCat LuckyBlackCat]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x57DvB3Oc8 What Orwell Actually Believed] by [[File:Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism|Ryan Chapman]]
====Critiques====
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5_KRXL8F0 The Truth About "Democratic" Socialism] by [[File:Neolibert.png]] [[Neoliberalism|Stephen Michael Davis]]
===Online Communities===
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/DemocraticSocialism/ r/DemocraticSocialism]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/demsocialists/ r/demsocialists]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/demsocialist/ r/demsocialist]
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===Portraits===
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===Alternative Designs===
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===Comics and Artwork===
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T5vv7i12wy561.png|u/Moonatik_ [https://www.reddit.com/r/Polcompball/comments/kfnmc3/the_democratic_socialists_win_big/ Source]
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Left RPG Ideologies-Roxxagon-dykzq38x61h61.png|''"If leftist ideologies were RPG characters"'' by [[File:Liqdem.png]] Roxxagon, [https://www.reddit.com/r/polcompballart/comments/li9636/i_drew_this_a_while_ago_if_leftist_ideologies/ Source]
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"For socialism, as a fully democratic society based on the common ownership of the means of production, demands, in order to function, the voluntary cooperation of the immense majority of the population. It is a society which simply cannot be established by a minority, however enlightened, determined or benevolent. Leaders, whether reformist parliamentarians or insurrectionist vanguards, cannot establish socialism; all they can and have established is some form of state capitalism”
Democratic Socialism (DemSoc), not to be confused with 
Social Democracy, is a 
left-wing ideology inhabiting around the top center of the libertarian left quadrant. It is one of the more moderate socialists.
Democratic Socialism seeks to combine 
Democracy and 
Socialism, viewing dominant socialist currents as undemocratic (and usually as not truly socialist, due to this). This is done typically by means of advocating for transition to socialism by 
Reformist and electoralist means, using 
Liberal democracy to acheive a socialist society, rather than using revolutionary, or otherwise violent or non-reformist means.
Despite the former, sometimes dubbed 
"Evolutionary Democratic Socialism", or just "Evolutionary Socialism", being by far the most popular Democratic Socialist current, there also exists a form of Democratic Socialism that does support (violent) revolution. 
Revolutionary Democratic Socialism does not view electoralism as a legitimate or practical way of achieving socialism, but rather supports a revolution to establish a socialist society with democratic governance. In this way, this form of Democratic Socialism is democratic not in its means, like Evolutionary Socialism, but only in its ends. 
Centrist Democratic Socialism takes a position between reformist and revolutionary views combining elements from both to reach a democratic socialist society.
History
Czechoslovakia 
Socialism with a Human Face (SwHF) was a term coined by 
liberal socialist Radovan Richta to describe the beliefs of Alexander Dubček and the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia under his rule. It sought to bring about moderate democratic reforms, which put it at odds with the ideologies of the other Eastern Bloc countries. It sought to transition Czechoslovakia into a multiparty, democratic socialist state, and guarantee citizens the freedom of speech, press and movement. Socialism with a Human Face also had a distinct foreign policy, which was to seek good relations with both the Eastern Bloc, and western nations.
Socialism with a Human Face believed that highly authoritative and centralized policies were no longer needed in Czechoslovakia, as the bourgeois class had already been defeated and done away with. It also sought to modernize Czechoslovakia, and have it join the rest of the world in terms of scientific and technological advancements. Moreover, SwHF believed that the proletariat must not only be liberated from the exploitation of the bourgeoisie, but also that socialism "must make more provisions for a fuller life of the personality than any bourgeois democracy."
In response to Dubček's reforms, the Soviet Union and supporting members of the 
Warsaw Pact invaded Czechoslovakia. This caused a rift in Communist movements around the world, and the legacy of the invasion led to the actualization of 
Eurocommunism.
United Kingdom 
The UK Labour Party was first formed on the 27th of February 1900 by the Labour Representation Committee (a pressure group that focused on workers' rights) and was initially socialist and the abolition of private property was included in the party's platform but by the 1940s, in accordance with many other socialist political parties in Europe, the abolishment of private property was dropped from their party platform and they swiftly won elections after this. 
Clement Atlee was elected prime minister in 1945, just three years later his party created the NHS and oversaw mass nationalizations and the formation of a comprehensive welfare state.
United States 
Democratic Socialism first emerged in the US with 
Eugene Debs. Debs was a socialist from Indiana and ran for president a total of five times, he first came into national attention when he organised a strike against a big railroad company when that company cut employees pay it would become known as Debs' rebellion. Grover Cleveland intervened and sent in the army to break the strike killing 14 and sending Debs to prison. Debs would then go on to found the socialist party and denounce protective tariffs as causing wage cuts and being tools of the elite. Debs would then go to prison again under Woodrow Wilson because he was strongly opposed to US entry into WW1 and urged resistance to the draft, Wilson called him a traitor and charged him with sedition. President Harding commuted his sentence but he did not grant a pardon, Eugene Debs would then die in prison.
Eugene Debs' party, Socialist Party of America, would stay around long after him though they never came close to winning even a single state in nationwide or statewide elections however they did manage to entrench themselves in the city of Milwaukee and controlled the mayorship of the city for decades, until the party collapsed in the 1970s. They were often called Sewer Socialists because of their tendency to brag about Milwaukee's excellent sewer system which they had created.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are a pressure group and political organisation dedicated to advancing socialism in America. They saw a massive boost in membership after senator Sander's failed run for the democratic nomination in 2016 and by 2018 several card carrying members of the organisation (such as Rashida Tlaib and AOC) were elected to congress and have since made headlines and gained fame.
Russia 
At the beginning of the 20th century in 
Russia, two parties stood on the positions of democratic socialism: the 
Mensheviks and the 
Socialist-Revolutionaries.
During the years of 
Soviet power, democratic socialism was popular among the opposition.In his “Draft Constitution of the Union of Soviet Republics of Europe and Asia”, Academician A. D. Sakharov reflected the principles of a state with broad democratic rights and a mixed planned market economy, in which entrepreneurs are financially responsible for the social consequences of their activities.
In 1985, 
Mikhail Gorbachev came to power and tried (and failed) to reform the Soviet Union.
Today, many provisions of democratic socialism have broad support in Russia. According to the All-Russian Poll of VCIOM in February 2006, 46.7% of the population spoke in favor of recreating a strong and socially oriented, but at the same time democratic, state. However, this ideology is almost not associated with the existing socialist or social democratic parties, which were supported by only 4% of the respondents.
Chile 
As a result of the elections in 
Chile in 1970, the 
Popular Unity party, led by 
Salvador Allende, came to power. Economic reforms were carried out, as a result of which the US share in the Chilean economy decreased, and workers' self-government was also introduced.
However, in 1973 this government was overthrown by a military junta led by 
Augusto Pinochet.
India 
Jawaharlal Nehru was an 
Indian statesman, political and public figure.
Under the mentorship of Mahatma Gandhi, he became Chairman of the Indian National Congress, and later, after the country gained independence on August 15, 1947, the first Prime Minister of India. He remained in this post until May 27, 1964, when he died of a heart attack. Nehru took a neutral position in foreign policy, implying India's independence from both the 
Western and Eastern blocs. In view of this, he, along with 
Gamal Abdel Nasser and 
Josip Broz Tito, took part in the tripartite consultations that preceded the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement, which unites countries with economies that differ significantly from 
capitalism and 
soviet central planning. However, he later admitted that the neutral position towards 
communism, which pursued an aggressive expansionist policy, was ineffective. 
China's attack on India forced it to move closer to the NATO countries and abandon its neutrality.
In domestic politics, Nehru was an active supporter of 
Georgism, while recognizing private initiative as the main functional engine of harmonious economic and social development.
China 
Mao criticised Democratic Socialism as early as in 1921. Throughout the history of CPC, DemSoc has been officially criticised. However, as the liberlefts in China never formed a real political party, there has always been some Democratic Socialism sympathisers (like Xie Tao) within the CPC, especially when 
Dengism produced an ideological chaos in China.
Chen Duxiu Thought is an ideology based on the ideas of Chen Duxiu, the first general secretary and the main founder of the Chinese Communist Party. He believed that China should not follow the ideas of 
Stalin, but should follow the path of 
Trotskyism and 
Democratic Socialism.
However, in 1927, he left the post of General Secretary of the CCP, and founded his own faction in 1929. In 1932 he was arrested by the Nationalist government. Though there had been a time when Chen was considered the leader of Chinese Trotskists, it turned out that his ideas were much different from the Trots', which left him hardly any supporters when he died in 1942.
Xie Tao and the arguments around Democratic Socialism (2007-2008)
In 2007, Democratic Socialism writer Xie Tao (谢韬，1921-2010）'s article Democratic Socialism and the Future of Workers led to a strong debate in China. Xie claimed that "the 
Swedish Model of Democratic Socialism is orthodox Marxism", and later further claimed that "only Democratic Socialism can save China" and called for political reform.
At that time, this article caused a strong debate in China, and even influenced CPC's 17th National Congress. Supporters believe that the high welfare social system mentioned in the article is progressiveness and referential. Opponents believe that the author did not have a deep understanding of the thoughts of Marx, 
Engels and Bernstein. In January 2008, 
Hu Jintao, Chinese presednt at that time, ended the debate by stating that "The Reform and Opening up Policy does not mean abolishing socialism".[5]
Sweden 
Jonas Sjöstedt is a Swedish politician who was Chairman of the Left Party from 2012 to 2020, and is a former metal worker. He has also been a member of the Swedish Parliament since 2010.
Sjöstedt became politically active in the trade union movement at Volvo's Umeå plant in the early 1990s. Despite the fact that he was elected MEP in 1995 from the Left Party in the united left - the 
Northern Green Left. He held this position until his retirement in September 2006. In 2010 he was elected a member of the Swedish Parliament for Västerbotten. In the election, he came first on the ticket of the Left Party (which usually receives one representative in that district) and was elected by a personal majority in one part of all the elected electoral votes (for a sufficient sample of more than 8%).
In January 2020, Sjöstedt announced his intention to step down as leader of the Left Party at the May convention, stating that he wanted to spend more time with his family, who currently lives in 
Vietnam. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the convention was postponed and Sjöstedt was the group's headquarters until the convention took place on October 31, 2020, when Nushi Dadgostar was elected as his successor.
Based in New York from 2006 to 2010, Sjöstedt is also a member of the US Socialist Party. He writes for Swedish publications, articles for radio and newspapers, as well as history and fiction. Married to a Swedish diplomat. Ann Mawe, who was a member of the Swedish delegation to the 
UN.
Albania
Lëvizja Bashkë or Organizata Politike, a democratic socialist organization in Albania, was founded during the 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations. They opposed both 
Democratic Party of Albania and Socialist Party of Albania.
In addition to having close views on some issues with 
Marxism-Leninism, Lëvizja Bashkë criticized the 
authoritarian policies of Stalinism and defended direct democracy against the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Lëvizja Bashkë's views are based on ideologies such as social democracy, democratic socialism, 
progressivism and 
left-wing populism. They carry out activities like 
solidarity with proletarians and making ideological publications.
Hungary 
W.I.P
Poland 
Left Together (Lewica Razem) is a Polish political party that was founded in 2015 and ran in the parliamentary elections in the same year. Before the elections, the party's founder, 
Adrian Zandberg, appeared in an election debate on 
TVP (polish tv) and was announced the winner. The party criticized the left-wing parties 
SLD and 
Spring. in the elections, the party gained over 3% support, thanks to which it obtained money from the state budget, but it did not enter parliament. in the European Parliament elections, Razem joined DiEM15 (from which it left in 2022), but it did not manage to cross the electoral threshold. In 2019, Together ran for parliament together with SLD and Wiosna. 7 parliamentarians of the party got into the Sejm. in 2023, Zandberg's party also ran with SLD and Wiosna, and 9 of the party's parliamentarians got elected.
Razem views are left-wing, democratic and pro-European. The party believes in ecological and 
feminist values. Together opposes Russia's aggression against 
Ukraine and opposes Israel's genocide in 
Gaza. Party is pro-union, progressive
Beliefs and Views
Democratic socialism is a left-wing democratic and usually 
reformist ideology. Its fundamental principles are nearly the same as those of Social Democracy - 
freedom, 
justice, and solidarity.
Economics 
Economies of democratic socialism typically are formed of mass nationalizations of industries, while socdems simply want the commanding heights or essential public services to be controlled by the state, Democratic Socialists want the entire economy to be controlled by the state which can incur large costs and ultimately caused one of the first big divides of the UK labour party between those who wanted to save money by only nationalizing essential services and those who wanted to establish a socialist state.
However in the modern day several Demsocs have come up with new versions of democratic socialism such as fiscal localism, where local communities are put first with tariffs and subsidizes given to keep full employment and avoid the deindustrialization that destroyed unions' political power across the west.
Another form of democratic socialism is with the implementation of 
Market Socialism where the state implements plans such as 
Employee funds which would've seen unions control every company in Sweden approximately 20 years after implementation.
Variants
Authoritarian Democratic Socialism
Authoritarian Democratic Socialism (also known as 
Illiberal Workplace Democracy) is a variant of democratic socialism that believes in implementing such a system through an 
illiberal democratic government. The democracy itself usually comes from 
cooperatives managed by the state. An example of this would be 
Tito’s Yugoslavia. Alternatively, this variant could be interpreted as an 
authoritarian socialist regime’s way of gradually giving more democracy back to the workers in a kind of 
democratic transition. An example of this would be the USSR under Gorbachev.
Personality
Democratic socialism usually behaves like a softer version of Socialism or like a harder version of Social Democracy. He also doesn't like being confused with socdem.
How to Draw
Star style
Drawing Democratic Socialism in this design takes a few steps:
- Draw a ball
- Fill it with red
- Draw a white circle in the center
- Draw a smaller blue circle inside the white circle.
- Draw a white star over the circle, being careful to leave the points of the star outside of the white circle but the indentations well inside the blue one so this one is still visible
- Draw a smaller red star inside the white star
- Add the eyes and you're done!
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | #D60F18 | 214, 15, 24 | |
| White | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | |
| Blue | #1E3F7A | 30, 63, 122 | |
USA style
Drawing Democratic Socialism in the DSA design also takes a few steps:
- Draw a ball
- Fill it with red
- Draw a white hand outline coming from the left
- Draw a black hand outline coming from the right, that holds onto the white hand
- Draw a white rose with 2 white leaves
- Draw the eyes and you're done!
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | #FF1D10 | 255, 29, 16 | |
| White | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | |
| Black | #211C1C | 33, 28, 28 | |
Relations
Friends
Socialism - My father‘s intentions were good, but his 
authoritarian forms were absolutely problematic.
Democracy - Without democracy, a society is nothing.
Social Georgism & 
Geosyndicalism - Like georgism but better.
Progressivism - A lot of my supporters support you!
Libertarian Socialism - Sometimes she's a little extreme in her rhetoric, but both of us value freedom and socialism.
Democratic Confederalism - You’re basically me! Also Kurdistan is based.- Market Socialism - Economic democracy is an essential part of any democratic society.
Syndicalism - Unions help democratise oligarchic businesses.
Left-Wing Populism - For the people!
Eco-Socialism - We gotta DEFEND THE EARTH!- Participism - An alternative to market socialism for a post-capitalist society.
Socialism of the 21st Century - Cool Latin American Son
Iron Front - Down with 
tankies, 
fascists and 
monarchists!
Left-Wing Nationalism - Allende and Evo were great.
African Socialism - Kérékou, Sankara, Lumumba, and Mandela were also great.
Classical Social Democracy - Me, but more explicitly Marxist. Still far too radical for my tastes but I still do see you as an end-goal though.
Reformist Marxism - My father! Same as above.
Frenemies
Georgism - I like his policies on land, despite being a cappie. Still a capitalist, though
Conservative Socialism - I like your economic takes, but not your social takes.
Liberal Socialism - My brother. We may seem very similar on the surface, but worker-owned means of production doesn’t seem to be a goal of yours. My 
more moderate varieties still like your methods, however.
Social Democracy - My other brother who accepts capitalism. Also, we're not the same! (
These variants 
are pretty based though)
Eurocommunism - Despite being generally similar I don't like the EU for being too neoliberal and also we used to compete for votes in Italy.
Reformism - Reforms are great, but a revolution can also be a good thing.
Titoism - Authoritarian tankie, but still better than the others. Pulling away from Stalin was mega based and killing fascists in pits was even more based.
Tridemism - Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People are based but you went down the drain quickly by Chiang Kai-shek's oppressive right-wing dictatorship and Maoist totalitarian communist tyranny, now I don't know what you are anymore.
World Federalism - We have quite a bit of history together. Some of my most famous proponents also supported you, but I hate how you can often be imperialistic.
Social Libertarianism - I like your decentralization but when are you going to let the workers seize the means of production?
Chavismo - A little too authoritarian but I still oppose any actions against you since that would be neocon imperialism. America should lift the sanctions on Venezuela even though Maduro is kinda cringe and much worse than his predecessor Chavez.
Nordic Model - Not exactly what I want, but not bad at all.
Civic Nationalism - I mean I don't hate you but you are too economically liberal quite often.
Social Liberalism - You are way too moderate! But we often have to work together in coalition governments.
Trotskyism - You were part of us in the past, Then you betrayed us by joining 
him, But Chen Duxiu is based.
Ba'athism - As much as I despise both Saddam and Assad (the latter isn't even a socialist), the Iraq War and foreign intervention in the Syrian civil war made things much worse and led to the rise of ISIS.
Gaddafism - Same as above.
Ho Chi Minh Thought - Same as above. The US had no place in the Vietnam War but Vietnam is a repressive and now authoritarian capitalist-communist one-party dictatorship like China.
Kemalism - The welfare is kinda based, but you have long since abandoned even a hint of sympathy towards socialism.
Labour Zionism - Ben Gurion is based, but still... FREE PALESTINE! I prefer 
him more.
European Federalism - Most of my followers are sceptical of you, but 
some of my followers support you.
Pacifists 
- (Sigh) Look...... I prefer peace too, but if you won't even fight fascists or other tyrants then you are de facto helping them, this should be elementary level common sense.- Leninism - MY OLD EX! You derailed the Russian Revolution, as we should've worked with
him, even though he was a weird lib, but we needed more allies in the revolution! You invaded me in Georgia! But we used to work together, ah... the good old days....
Enemies
Social Capitalism - Same as Soclib but even worse.
De Leonism and 
Impossibilism - STOP BULLYING ME FOR BEING REFORMIST!
National Bolshevism - You're like ConSoc but worse.
Neoconservatism - Stop overthrowing me and setting up bourgeois dictators. Why does my brother feel the need to occasionally work with you?
American Democracy - Fake democracy!
Corporatocracy - Corporations are bad enough, and now you want them to rule!
Anarcho-Capitalism - Aren't you that scum again?
Zionism - Free Palestine!
Pinochetism - I'll never forgive you for what you did to Allende!
Marxism–Leninism - Stop giving him a terrible name!
Khrushchevism - WHY THE F*CK YOU HAD TO CRUSH THE HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION?! GET YOUR TANKS AWAY FROM ME!!
Maoism - I don’t care that you later split with the man above. I’ll never forgive you for supporting the invasion of Hungary. But we can work together against
Dengism.
Brezhnev Doctrine - Filthy authoritarian Soviet imperialist, Prague Spring never forget!- Dengism - Filthy monopolist (especially Tze-min) and authoritarian. Xi and Quanguo are even worse, being nazbols. Tankies still defend you for some reason I can't comprehend.
Pol Potism - Disgusting dictator who genocided a large portion of his population. You ruined the name of socialism for many, and worse yet, you then had the audacity to ruin my name as well!?
Milosevicism - Another chauvinist, genocidal scum who uses my name for his atrocities.
Absolute Monarchism - Why do you still exist?
Monarcho-Capitalism - Bruh.
Imperialism - One of the biggest evils in human history.
Nazism & Fascism - Fascist scum.
Korwinism - Yes, I support socialism AND democracy. Got a problem with that?
Hoppeanism - WHY?
Third Way - Fucking Blairites, I'll never forgive you for sabotaging 
Corbyn and ousting him from his own party!
Democratism - DAMN CORPOCRATS!
Objectivism - What the hell is this pseudo-intellectual garbage?
Thatcherism - Neolibtard c*nt who ruined everything Attlee did to Britain. Ding dong, the witch is dead.
Fiscal Conservatism - Austerity has done a number on the workers of the world, and it is beyond time to move past this travesty to establish a new kind of economy.
Neoliberalism - Literally capitalism without the mask! Also even if he is sometimes willing to work with you, I cannot do the same in good faith.
Alt-Right Libertarianism - Bruh, you are literally a fascist that smokes weed.
Serranoism - If only I knew who I shook hands with...
Further Information
Wikipedia
People
- Jeremy Corbyn
- George Orwell
Karl Kautsky- Tony Benn
- Aneurin Bevan
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon 
- Eugene V. Debs
- Michael Harrington
- John McDonnell
- Clement Attlee
- Dennis Skinner
- Ken Livingstone
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Albert Einstein
- Olof Palme
- Salvador Allende
Evo Morales
Selahattin Demirtaş 
Verónica Mendoza
Political Parties
- Socialist Campaign Group
- La France Insoumise
- Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
- Socialist Party USA
Podemos 
- Die Linke
- Left Party
Left Alliance
Socialism and Liberty Party 
Left Bloc- Popular Unity
- Peoples' Democratic Party
- Left Together
Literature
- Towards a Democratic Socialism
- Social Democracy Versus Revolutionary Democratic Socialism
- Socialism
- Spectres of Marx by Jacques Derrida
- Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
- State, Power, Socialism by
Nicos Poulantzas - Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich
- The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
- No Logo by Naomi Klein
- Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
- Christianity and Social Order by Archbishop William Temple
- The Chilean road to socialism: 1970-73 by Collier et all
- The Chilean Agrarian Transformation: Agrarian Reform and Capitalist ‘Partial’ Counter-Agrarian Reform, 1964–1980 Part 1: Reformism, Socialism and Free-Market Neoliberalism by Antonio Bellisario
- Evolutionary Socialism by Eduard Bernstein
Media
Videos
- Democratic Socialism Vs. Social Democracy by Secular Talk
- The *Socialist* Political Compass: Methods to create socialism by LuckyBlackCat
- What Orwell Actually Believed by Ryan Chapman
Critiques
Online Communities
Gallery
Portraits
Alternative Designs
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Socialism with a Human Face -
Dubčekism -
Flag of Dubčekism
Comics and Artwork
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u/Moonatik_ Source -
u/Cerb-r-us Source -
u/z-0_ Source -
"If leftist ideologies were RPG characters" by
Roxxagon, Source -
Credit: u/IDK_LEL, Source -
Credit: u/Left-Alex, Source -
Credit:
User:Muddy Mudkipz -
Credit: u/IDK_LEL, Source -
"Socialist Compass" by Spade
- ↑ https://reformandrevolution.org/2021/09/08/whos-who-in-dsa-a-guide-to-dsa-caucuses/
- ↑ https://reformandrevolution.org/2021/09/08/whos-who-in-dsa-a-guide-to-dsa-caucuses/
- ↑ The group was formed by past members of the Socialist Party, actors, judges, and many leftist Catholics who did not become full members of the Communist Party because it was seen as an atheist organization.
- ↑ https://quotefancy.com/quote/1341913/Jawaharlal-Nehru-I-have-long-believed-that-the-only-way-peace-can-be-achieved-is-through
- ↑ This may seem weird to many, as DemSoc is undoutedly classified to "socialism". But the fact is that The Party Central Committee has the power to define what socialism is. Presently, ideologies different from Marxism-Lennism, Maoism and Dengism are not regarded as "socialism" in China. Hu was actually meaning that the CPC would take no interest in Democratic Socialism and continue practicing Dengism.
