Word: democraticized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Social democracy is the most liberal version of socialism. Marxist-Leninists complain that social democrats are "bourgeois revisionists" and they have traditionally been the first victims of Communist coups. Social democrats can justly answer back that the "true socialists" of Moscow are dictators who have betrayed Marxism's humanistic vision...
Because social democrats have mostly come to power in industrially advanced and politically democratic nations, they have been cautious in their efforts to change existing systems by, for example, nationalizing economies. Says French Socialist
When accused of violating human rights, Marxist-Leninists have usually retorted that once true Communism is established, the dictatorship of the proletariat will disappear, leaving the individual genuinely free for the first time. Meanwhile, though, these facts raise hard questions about the true intentions of the so-called Eurocommunist parties...
The extensive network of social services known as the welfare state or the social net is the most distinctive achievement of social-democratic rule. Thanks to it,
With a per capita G.N.P. of $7,420, Norway has one of the world's highest living standards. Whether such bounty results mostly from the drive of 4 million people inured to hard work in a cold, rugged land or primarily from the social-democratic policies pursued by the...