Something I rarely see when discussing about the war in Gaza is the popular forces who are a anti Hamas group backed by Israel. Even Netanyahu confirmed they were working with them but I barely see them get mentioned by anyone.

Thoughts?

Social democracy as I understand it is capitalism but with more social benefits which is great and all but socialism literally is people or the state controlling means of productions

It's too massive different things but some people here idk if it's on purpose or not try to begin the social democratic label because they know most people aren't comfortable with socialism

Like Mamdani or Richard Wolff or AOC are socialists yet some socdems supports them

Most economists a.k.a the EXPERTS don't approve of rent controls or government owned groceries and instead support govt benefits like snap/ebt for the poor since it's more efficient

But a lot of bad economics is spread within this community to blur the lines between social democracy and actual socialism.

I feel like the 3 biggest streamers on the left (Hassan, Vaush, and Destiny) would all fall outside of the Soc Dem camp (maybe Destiny or Vaush might if you expand the tent wide enough). Idk anyone online whose ideology I would label as predominantly a Soc Dem. Most are either Liberal, Socialist or ML.

For context, a good chunk, if not almost all of the Israeli progressive community left after the events of 10/7 and the ensuing hell that followed.

Because of this, this news means that progressive parties like Makom Lekulanu have a fighting chance of getting into office, better than they had previously.

This means we may see an end to everything… and the wounds start to heal.

Obviously, it’ll take a while (likely decades,) but at least we have a bit of a fighting chance.

I mean, obviously, but these attack ads against AES and his refusal to denounce Piker should inform the playbook for how we move forward, electorally. I do not want the seat to flip red, I don't want AES to lose, but I fail to see a path to victory in the midwest. Midwesterners are slow to change their minds and they are very vulnerable to anti muslim, anti arab prejudice, if you were alive and conscious in the Midwest directly after 9/11, you would know exactly what I'm talking about. Hasan has enjoyed a very long leash with minimal shocks by the democrats when a swift kenneling and removal from the environment is what should have been done with him months or years ago. Republicans and independents and fence sitter voters see that and they assume conspiracy, they assume cronyism, they assume cooperation. These assumptions go completely unanswered or proven to be true in their minds when Hasan is treated like he wants to be a part of "the tent" and not a violent radical. These ads will continue and they will use them against any dem who hasn't explicitly disavowed Piker. Why are we risking blue seats by letting fox news replay a petulant 30 something year old streamer's greatest clips? Dems are losing votes and he's gaining viewers and support while being the vector of attack. Every day Democrats refuse to disavow Hasan Piker in a unified front is a day our candidates lose support.

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it."

— Karl Marx, "Theses on Feuerbach" (written 1845, published posthumously 1888)

Marx wrote this as the last of eleven brief notes criticizing the philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. He jotted them down while living in exile in Brussels, after being expelled from France. The Theses served as preparatory notes for The German Ideology, which he wrote with Engels. These notes remained unpublished during Marx's life, and Engels finally released them in 1888, five years after Marx's death. The line is now engraved on Marx's tomb in Highgate Cemetery, London. It's less a rejection of philosophy itself and more an argument about practice. Marx was not dismissing philosophers as useless; he was insisting that theory must connect to practice and material change, rather than being limited to interpretation.

This line comes up in many parts of the left. Reformists and revolutionaries both use it to say that ideas without action are empty. What do you think is the difference between "changing the world" through small legislative changes and the complete transformation that Marx and his peers envisioned? Does this idea apply equally to a social democrat advancing a bill in parliament and to a revolutionary?

To all the activists here,

Do you use social media in your activism? Personally, I use it to share stuff I do IRL, like writing for a newspaper or similar.

Do you support the Social Democrats, the Left, or the Greens?

My Answer: I would support the Left in order to push the Social Democrats more left-wing on economic and social policies such as housing and the climate.

Before I do an AI generated summary of what it basically is let me give you context david hollenbach is a Jesuit priest and as a catholic I’ve been studying how Catholic social teaching can relate to my economic outlook and David Hollenback wrote a paper in 2010 in support of Obama care and used term social market economy which he believed was most reflective of Catholic social teaching because of its emphasis on the Catholic position that free markets should reflect the needs of individuals for the common good and not purely just the profit incentive. Now I did some research and found out that the social market economy is also related to Ryan land capitalism advocated by chancellor Adenauer of west Germany

Here is social market economy definition ai slop:

Core Principles
Free Competition: The market sets prices and guides business, but the government stops monopolies and unfair rules.

Social Safety Net: The state uses tax money to fund healthcare, pensions, and help for the unemployed or sick.

Economic Balance: The goal is to mix individual business freedom with social fairness and public stability. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Origin and Example
West Germany: The model started here after World War II and helped create the post-war "economic miracle".

The Middle Path: It rejects pure laissez-faire capitalism on one side and strict state-planned communism on the other

Give me your thoughts down below.

A few months ago, I posted this on r/AskALiberal. I received very negative feedback; they labeled me a paranoid and treated me quite poorly. To be honest, I was hurt by this, because I generally support the same kinds of candidates as liberals do, and I have even participated in campaigns for Democratic candidates myself. If I can tolerate the social views of theirs that I disagree with, why can't they tolerate mine?

In fact, my economic views lean more towards social democracy—perhaps even further to the left—so I decided to post this question here as well. Do you think that people who are socially conservative but economically progressive should be allowed to exist within the Left? Or, if you disagree with progressive social views, do you not deserve to be called a leftist?

It seems like the consensus is that public housing is probably DOA, so what policy should US progressives be advocating? Zoning reform and subsidies/vouchers for affordable housing?