Democratic Socialism, commonly shortened to DemSoc, and 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.
"Labour is the voice that says to the many, at home and abroad: 'You don’t have to take what you’re given. You may be born poor but you don’t have to stay poor. You don’t have to live without power and without hope. You don't have to set limits on your talent and your ambition - or those of your children. You don’t have to be grateful to survive in a world made by others'."
Jeremy Corbyn
Democratic socialists want to create a Democratic and File:Soc.png Socialist society, usually through using Liberal democracy. They usually support Reformist means to establish socialism. It also advocates for public ownership of large businesses and either a limited market composed of worker cooperatives or decentralized planning, or a mix of the two.
History
United Kingdom
WIP
United States
WIP
Beliefs
Evolutionary Democratic Socialism
They support a fully socialist system by gradually reforming capitalism from within. Evolutionary democratic socialists accuse supporters of revolution of being impractical and of supporting pie-in-the-sky approaches. This reformism dominated the democratic socialist scene for many years.
Revolutionary Democratic Socialism
Revolutionary democratic socialists accuse those who favor evolution of supporting a kind of "socialism from above" that is achieved via legislation and which does not truly abolish the capitalist system.Revolutionary democratic socialists also believe that the political structures within existing capitalist societies serve as an impediment to full democracy, which they believe can only achieved by establishing a new political structure built from the bottom up and based on popular organizations that emerge during democratic and socialist struggles.
Personality
How to Draw
USA style
Drawing Democratic Socialism in this design 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!
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Red | #FF1D10 | 255, 29, 16 | |
White | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | |
Black | #211C1C | 33, 28, 28 |
Star style
Drawing Democratic Socialism in the star style also 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!
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Red | #D60F18 | 214, 15, 24 | |
White | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | |
Blue | #1E3F7A | 30, 63, 122 |
Relations
Friends
- File:Soc.png Socialism - My father had his problematic ways but his intentions were good.
- Georgism - One of the better capitalists, I like his policies on land.
- Libertarian Socialism - Sometimes she's a little extreme in her rhetoric, but both of us value freedom and socialism.
- Market Socialism - Based!
- Participism - An alternative to market socialism for a post-capitalist society.
- Eco-Socialism - We gotta DEFEND THE EARTH!
- Liberal Socialism - We are very similar!
- Reformism - The best way to achieve socialism.
- Social Democracy - A little moderate, still defending capitalism, but in general we get along well.
- Left-Wing Populism - For the people!
- World Federalism - We actually have quite a bit of history together. Some of my most famous proponents also supported you!
Frenemies
- Conservative Socialism - I like your economic takes but stop calling everything you don't like "degeneracy" please!
- Titoism - A rather authoritarian version of Market Socialism.
- Left-Wing Nationalism - You got great economic takes but nationalism... really?
- Khrushchevism - Authoritarian, but did manage to De-Stalinize the USSR.
- Social Libertarianism - I like your decentralization but when are you going to seize the means of production?
- Marxism - You’re way too extreme. Also why do you keep saying I am a Marxist Communist?! And why do you hate Mom?
- Chavismo - A little too authoritarian but I still support him against American imperialism.
Enemies
- Neoliberalism - STOP PRIVATIZING EVERYTHING YOU AUSTERITY-LOVING FUCK!
- National Bolshevism - You're like ConSoc but worse.
- Conservatism - STOP USING WELFARE MONEY ON OIL COMPANIES!
- Neoconservatism - #NoMorePointlessWars
- Corporatocracy - CORPORATIONS WERE BAD ENOUGH AND THEN THERE IS YOU, WANTING CORPORATIONS TO RULE THE COUNTRY!!
- Anarcho-Capitalism - Healthcare is a right, not a privilege!
- Zionism - FREE PALESTINE!
- Pinochetism - I'll never forgive you for what you did to Allende!
- Stalinism - He claimed to be a socialist but he was an oppressive cunt!
- Democratism - There is a reason I didn’t get dressed up for Biden's inauguration. Longest afternoon of my life.
- Korwinism - What the fuck?
- Hoppeanism - WHY?
- Third Way - Fucking Blairites, I'll never forgive you for sabotaging Corbyn and ousting him from his own party!
- Neo-Ottomanism - QUIT TRYING TO BAN ME IN TURKEY! I AM NOT A PKK SYMPATHISER! STOP MAKING UP BULLSHIT!
Further Information
Wikipedia
People
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Bernie Sanders
- George Orwell
- Karl Kautsky
- Tony Benn
- Aneurin Bevan
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon
- Eugene V. Debs
- Michael Harrington
- John McDonnell
- Dennis Skinner
- Ken Livingstone
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Albert Einstein
- Olof Palme
- Salvador Allende
- Evo Morales
- Selahattin Demirtaş
- Verónica Mendoza
Political Parties
- Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
- Socialist Campaign Group
- Socialist Party USA
- La France Insoumise
- Podemos
- Die Linke
- Left Party
- Left Alliance
- Socialism and Liberty Party
- Left Bloc
- Popular Unity
- Peoples' Democratic Party
Literature
- Towards a Democratic Socialism
- Social Democracy Versus Revolutionary Democratic Socialism
- Socialism
- Spectres of Marx by Jacques Derrida
- Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich
- The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
- No Logo by Naomi Klein
- Das Kapital by Karl Marx
- 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
Media
Videos
Online Communities
Gallery
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