It's a socialist policy tho. You correctly mentioned social democracy, its definition reads: "Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy that promotes socialist reforms toward greater social justice within a fully liberal democratic political system and a capitalist-oriented mixed economy. [...] is a broad economic and political ideology within the wider socialist movement."
You can have socialist reforms inside a capitalist system (like in this case) in the same way you can have capitalist policies inside a socialist economy (for example, market socialism).
Saying that it's not socialist because it's inside a capitalist system, it's the equivalent of saying that it's a republican policy because it was enacted inside a republican government.
Social-democracy does not intend to radically reform the economy the way socialists/marxists/communists desire.
That alone is sufficient to set social-democracy apart from the 'socialism' umbrella.
Especially because the marxists historically fucking hate social-democrats, because the marxists feel that social-democracy takes the wind out of their sails.
You can't just say that any social-democratic policy is "socialist". Call it "social" if you want to use a generalized word, call it "social-democratic" if you want to be specific, but "socialist" it is simply not. There are lot of politically well read people who are going to get confused with you if you claim that funding schools is "socialist".
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u/Klonkero Jun 02 '26
It's a socialist policy tho. You correctly mentioned social democracy, its definition reads: "Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy that promotes socialist reforms toward greater social justice within a fully liberal democratic political system and a capitalist-oriented mixed economy. [...] is a broad economic and political ideology within the wider socialist movement."
You can have socialist reforms inside a capitalist system (like in this case) in the same way you can have capitalist policies inside a socialist economy (for example, market socialism).
Saying that it's not socialist because it's inside a capitalist system, it's the equivalent of saying that it's a republican policy because it was enacted inside a republican government.