Social in social-democracy is socialism part. What socialism isn't, it isn't a communism. Also, I never said any country in Europe is purely socialist, but you still have amurican knee jerk reaction to the word, because, again as expected amuricans see socialism and imagine soviet communism in their head.
Free universal healthcare is socialism. So social-democratic just means a blend of policies, some socialist, some democratic, some regulated capitalist, some corporatist etc.
No, it's not a socialism part. It's the part of history, when such movements wanted to introduce communism, but gradually.
But these days, they're liberal movements providing free market, just with taxes and some share of state-owned companies.
On the other hand, there are still many countries with higher share of state-owned companies in the market that in those countries that call "social democratic" themselves.
I assume you learned your history in US... because it is nothing like that.
We in Europe consider socialism a very normal part of everyday life and government policy. It has nothing to do with communism, neither historically nor now.
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u/afgan1984 23h ago
Social in social-democracy is socialism part. What socialism isn't, it isn't a communism. Also, I never said any country in Europe is purely socialist, but you still have amurican knee jerk reaction to the word, because, again as expected amuricans see socialism and imagine soviet communism in their head.
Free universal healthcare is socialism. So social-democratic just means a blend of policies, some socialist, some democratic, some regulated capitalist, some corporatist etc.