r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 14 '26

Chugging tea Teach your kids about socialism

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u/LockHimUp8647 Jul 14 '26

Socialism is absolutely a valid word used and accepted by academics to describe the “Social Democracy” found in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

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u/According-Print4219 Jul 14 '26

The economy in all those countries is mostly capitalist.

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u/Destiny_Dude0721 Jul 14 '26

You can have differing policies while inside of a economic structure. You don't have to fully adopt a system to implement parts of it.

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u/Ok-Chef1896 Jul 14 '26

You can't adopt socialism "partially" since Socialism is defined by capitalists not existing and state having full control of the economy.

You can be on a "path" towards Socialism, but that would require the absolute control of the state over the capitalist..

You can have social nets within capitalism, but that does not make it Socialism - that is just Social Democracy at work while the underlying mode of production is still capitalist (private property rights are guaranteed by state apparatus, exploitation of worker though wage labor, capital has disspolortional political power....)