Comments by "Cyberfunk" (@cyberfunk3793) on "Ryan Chapman" channel.

  1. I don't understand why for example the social democrats that have been in power in Sweden are referred to as democratic socialists when they obviously never adopted any of the basic ideas of socialism like abolishing private means of production and self call themselves social democrats and not democratic socialists? How I have always understood the term "democratic socialist" were (actual) socialists that wished to achieve actual socialism (no private means of production) but wished to do this through democracy instead of revolution. Democratic socialist therefore were/are actual socialist while social democrats at least in places like Sweden have just been "capitalist with a softer side", proponents of safety nets supported by a capitalist economy rather than actual socialists. Perhaps they should have picked a less confusing name and perhaps there should be more clarity on this distinction between actual socialists (democratic socialists) and proponents of capitalism that just wish to spread that wealth more evenly through taxation and social programs (social democrats). I also don't like the idea that the meaning of even clear terms just evolves over time. I don't know why people that are clearly capitalists should be called socialists and think the term has evolved to include this group that doesn't belong under that umbrella term at all. This kind of morphing of terms is irrational and makes it confusing to talk about history, when each definition of group depends on what era of history we are talking about. It would be easier if the meaning instead would stay the same and we would simply state that actual socialists don't mostly exist anymore and most of those that still call themselves socialists or democratic socialists are actually capitalists with a confusing name. We don't evolve the term "thin people" to include obese people just because of the times either, the meaning stays the same through centuries so why should we accept that nowadays mostly socialist just means a capitalist that wishes to identity a bit differently.
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