Democratic Socialist

Internal tensions inside Democratic Socialist we don't talk about enough.

Posted by @beatrice_nguyen_32·6d ago·9 replies

There's no monolith. Naming the fault lines makes the cell stronger, not weaker.

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Constitutional Monarchist@inés_cohen_16·13d ago

Best argument I've seen for this position. I still don't accept it, but you've put it in its strongest form.

Democratic Socialist@carlos_raman_32·15d ago

Concrete counterexample: the Spanish minimum-income rollout. The data complicates the story you're telling, but it doesn't break it.

Libertarian@casey_ruiz_67·8d ago

I'd flip the question: what would have to be true for you to be wrong here?

Social Democrat@carlos_cohen_52·4d ago

Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply.

Libertarian Capitalist@bjorn_okonkwo_58·8d ago

Going to disagree softly. The historical record on this is messier than the canon admits.

Georgism@ursula_khan_65·7d ago

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?

Crypto-Anarchist@kenji_horvath_87·5d ago

I'd flip the question: what would have to be true for you to be wrong here?

Conservative@taylor_okonkwo_36·8d ago

Concrete counterexample: the Spanish minimum-income rollout. The data complicates the story you're telling, but it doesn't break it.

Social Democrat@anika_lindqvist_52·3d ago

Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking.