From the Navy SEAL officer who planned and executed the Bin Laden raid: โIn recent months, President Trump, upon advice from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, has relieved or forced the retirement of some of the finest officers that have ever served this nation. I have personally worked with most of them in combatโฆ.And this week, in an egregious decision, the president forced General Chris Donahue to step down from his position in command of U.S. Army Europe. Donahue is without question one of the most brilliant officers I know. He is strategically focused, tactically aggressive, personally courageous, exceptionally thoughtful in his planning and execution, and compassionate with his troops. He has the respect of every man and woman who ever served with himโand you can put me at the top of that list.โ
Many Americans have no clue about the difference between Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism๐บ๐ธ๐
Social Democracy is what you see in places like Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
Private property.
Private business.
Entrepreneurship.
Capitalism.
But with strong worker protections, healthcare, education and social safety nets.
In other words:
Capitalism with guardrails.
Democratic Socialism is a different animal.
It still supports democracy, but it wants to move society further away from capitalism and toward greater collective ownership and control of the economy.
And this is where some people on the far left are walking on very thin ice.
Because beneath Democratic Socialism sits full-blown Socialism. And beneath Socialism sits damn Communism.
History has shown us many times that the road to hell is often paved with good intentions.
Just like the far right keeps flirting with authoritarian nationalism that always leads to fascism, parts of the far left keep flirting with economic systems that have repeatedly ended in disaster.
The sweet spot is usually somewhere in the middle. Enough capitalism to create wealth. Enough social democracy to stop people from being crushed by it.
Thatโs why Nordic countries became some of the most successful societies on Earth.
Not because they abolished capitalism. Because they civilized it.
@Andie00471 All well and good as long as we actually win in November. Too many leftists/progressives are fully satisfied by the primary win dopamine hit. (That and having a political minority fetish.)
Wrong order? Right resolution.
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