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No, the Democratic Party isn't socialist. It's just what GOP voters want to hear | Opinion
Democratic Western Europe is the heartland of real socialist parties. Also called social democratic or labor parties, they thrive and routinely win
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"He described the GOP disingenuousness as "a rhetorical sleight of hand," explaining, "The s-word has been applied to Scandinavian-style social welfare states that are both democratic and capitalist as well as to Marxist dictatorships (e.g., the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) that were neither democratic nor capitalist. Republicans count on their followers missing the distinction between Sweden and North Korea by trying to convince them that social welfare bills such as the Build Back Better Act will draw us closer to the latter rather than the former."