Social Democracy

Social Democracy, often clipped to SocDem (or SuccDem by ideologies that disagree with it), is an economically center-left ideology. It is usually culturally left, albeit not exclusively . It advocates for strong welfare programs, unionization, and regulations. It is often confused with Democratic Socialism. Despite often being called a "File:Soc.png socialist" by right-wing ideologies, Social Democracy is often excluded from leftist circles as well due to their support for reforming capitalism rather than abolishing it. Social Democracy finds that a lot of welfare programs and business regulations, when achieved through reform rather than revolution, can lead to higher prosperity for the proletariat, rather than systems of unregulated capitalism or socialism.

Social Democracy

Stop calling me Democratic Socialist!

Basic Information

Aliases

SocDem

Democratic Welfarism
SuccDem
Social Fascism (by Leftcom and ML)
Social State
Welfare Statism
Social Capitalism
Welfare State
Trudovik (By Democratic Socialism and Leninism)

Alignment(s)

Centre-Left

Liberals
Welfarists
Capitalists
Democratic
Culturally Left

Ideological Information

Influenced by:

Bernsteinism

Regulationism
Keynesianism
Democratic Socialism
Social Liberalism
Welfarism

Character Information

Likes

Progressivism, Welfare, Democracy

Dislikes

Joseph McCarthy, being compared to fascists

Song

Bernie Sanders 8 1/2 hour Filibuster but it's Lofi

History

Historically, Social Democracy was used interchangeably with Democratic Socialism. After World War 2, Social Democracy becomes its own identity and promoted a strong welfare state under a capitalist economy. Social Democracies have been established in Europe and other types of the world as follows: India since the establishment of the DPSP, the Republic of France during the 1930's before German Occupation, Australia ever since WWII, Sri Lanka since the early 1940's, the French Republic after the fall of Vichy France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Greenland.

Beliefs and Views

Social Democracy is a center-left ideology that believes in a mixed economy with a welfare state funded by progressive taxation. They believe in re-distributing wealth via taxes to make capitalism more humane.

To make it simpler, here is the 3 principles of Social Democracy

Freedom

Social Democracy believes in a liberal democratic framework, Liberal democracy is a form of system operating under the civic principles of classical liberalism. But however, Social Democratic economics are somewhat different from classical liberalism.

In order to preserve Liberalism, negative rights and positive rights must be balanced.

Equality

This is mainly connects to Social Democracy's beliefs and views in Social Justice, Social Equality, taxation, and welfare.

Justice

Mainly connects to equality under the law and human rights.

Personality

Social Democracy is generally portrayed as being quite care-taking of other people, even if they may not like it. They are occasionally mistaken for Democratic Socialism. But if he's in America, he will call himself a democratic socialist. He will get very mad at Left Communism and Marxism–Leninism whenever they call him a "Social Fascist."

How to Draw

Flag of Social Democracy

Drawing Social Democracy requires a few steps:

Draw a ball.
Color the ball with red.
Draw a white rose on the bottom of the ball.
Add the eyes, and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Red	#FF0000	255, 0, 0
	White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255

Relationships

Friends

Nordic Model - I really like your economics ngl.
Kemalism - My Turkish nationalistic variant. He's based.
Keynesianism - We make the government spend... together.
Left-Wing Populism - We work great during elections, and we both care about the common people.
Anti-Authoritarianism - Down with Communism! Down with Fascism! Down with Monarchism!
File:Prog.png Progressivism - Generally we go hand in hand, although some of my derivatives would beg to differ.
Social Liberalism - My beloved friend who is basically me but with more market based solutions.

Frenemies

Social Georgism - I mean, sure, it sounds fair, but what about all the middle class homeowner votes!?
Paternalistic Conservatism - We often fight in elections, but he's still my child (and a worthy opponent!)
Welfare Chauvinism - My racist son, on the rise. WHY!
Democratic Socialism - We're not quite the same but I don't mind your company.
Left-Wing Nationalism - Sometimes works with me, sometimes against me.
Social Authoritarianism - You have good ideas, but please, calm down a bit.
Social Libertarianism - Markets need regulation!
Syndicalism - I'm pro-union and all, but I'm not a fan of this whole socialism thing.
Capitalism - Good system. Just needs some more regulation.
File:Soc.png Socialism - I like a lot of your ideas but I don't think your system will work.
Third Way - I'll still vote for you, but I wish you would stop trying to compromise with him.

Enemies

Mediacracy - More like mediocrity!
Neoconservatism - At least you're not Paleocon...
Neoliberalism - Everything I had built up to this point, you just had to destroy it. Fuck you!
Libertarianism - Just because I like Bernie Sanders doesn't mean I'm a communist!
Luxemburgism - *quietly tightens fiber wire*
Marxism–Leninism - Keeps calling me the "moderate wing of fascism" despite expanding the state himself.
Left Communism - Same as above guy! Also you claim to love the working class but all you do is sit on an armchair reading esoteric political literature all day without contributing to society you lazy prick!
Dengism - You're the "social fascist"
Anarcho-Capitalism - Healthcare is a human right!
Fascism - I don't care if we agree on economics. Leave me alone fascist pig!
Paleoconservatism - You are suspiciously similar to the guy above you know..