Re: DSA Electoralism and the Socialist Canon

"Mark Baugher" <[email protected]>
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> On Jul 2, 2026, at 12:16, Charles via groups.io <[email protected]> wrote:
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> One reason is that the Soviet Union provided its workers with strong social programs and protections. Can it be accident that the most generous social democratic governments were generally the ones closest to the Soviet Union?

That's an interesting thought. It might be one factor among many. France has had strong social programs without sharing a border with the USSR. But France had a little bit of the USSR inside its borders along with an older, socialist tradition.

I would not discount the social democratic traditions within the countries, and the higher level of social cohesion in a places like Finland as compared to Great Britain.

Mark



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