Comments by "Stephen Hill" (@stephenhill545) on "Has Labour lost its socialist roots? | Jon Lansman" video.

  1. Socialism is the half-way house to communism, not social democracy, which holds that social justice is possible within a market economy, by progressive taxation, provision of state-owned public services etc.
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  2. Labour's roots lie in the trade union movement. It is a political offshoot of them. It arose due to growing dissatisfaction with the slow pace of social reform in nineteenth century Britain.
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