• emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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    22 hours ago

    If a developing country invests in public education, free healthcare, transport infrastructure, housing, etc., is that not social democracy? Why wouldn’t that work?

    • QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml
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      21 hours ago

      It is possible but not under capitalism which social democracy aims to preserve, It is possible under socialism as is seen in the PRC or the former USSR but that’s not social democracy.