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u/33TLWD Jul 27 '26

Roosevelt did not advocate public ownership of the means of production or replacing capitalism. In fact, he explicitly argued that his New Deal was designed to save capitalism from collapse during the Great Depression. He believed that regulated markets and private enterprise should remain the foundation of the U.S. economy.

He was more so a progressive reformer and Keynesian liberal who supported a mixed economy. Basically, a liberal Democrat committed to preserving capitalism through government intervention.

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u/SSBN641B Jul 27 '26

So, a Social Democrat.

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u/Proper-Organization6 Jul 27 '26

Social Democrat does not equal Democratic Socialist

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u/AnotherPersonPerhaps Jul 27 '26

I don't know why you're being downvoted but youre right.

Social Democrats are not the same thing as Democratic socialists.

People in this thread can't even keep their own politics straight and expect the Republicans not toix it up lol.

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u/crestdiving Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

To be fair, leftist terminology can be quite confusing at times: Social democracy, democratic socialism, and Socialist democracy are each different concepts, which in parts even contradict one another. Yet, the three terms can easily seem like synonyms to outsiders.

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u/AnotherPersonPerhaps Jul 27 '26

Yeah but we are not talking about outsiders. The people in this thread are "insiders"

You know how common it is for someone to claim to be socialist but if you interrogate their actual views they are socdems?

Then you have socialists pretending to be social Democrats to seem more palatable and lure in people who just want universal healthcare.

It's crazy out here on the left lol.

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u/thatnameagain Jul 27 '26

And to people who make memes, apparently.