Re:Do Psychedelic Drug Laws Violate Human Rights?
by baddox on Monday March 07, 2016 @05:58PM
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> Well, it would have to be a better alternative than what we have now.
That's one issue. Another is having a feasible way to transition from what we have now. The latter is probably the trickier one.
> I'm not sure what you mean by modern takes on democratic socialism. Sanders is most certainly not a socialist, if that's what you mean, despite being for a progressive welfare state.
I mean democratic socialism roughly as Sanders describes it, although there's obviously a big range even within the modern definition. So yes, just western democracy with the government doing lots of social programs. Not real socialism.
That's one issue. Another is having a feasible way to transition from what we have now. The latter is probably the trickier one.
> I'm not sure what you mean by modern takes on democratic socialism. Sanders is most certainly not a socialist, if that's what you mean, despite being for a progressive welfare state.
I mean democratic socialism roughly as Sanders describes it, although there's obviously a big range even within the modern definition. So yes, just western democracy with the government doing lots of social programs. Not real socialism.