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What is ‘social democracy’?
GOOD question! Look up the term in a dictionary and you’ll find a definition something along the lines of “an ideology that advocates or supports political, social and economic interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a representative democracy and capitalist economy.”
Most “social democrats” (such as members of the Lib Dems today) would agree with that.
Social democracy often presents itself as a “centrist” movement, opposing what it labels the “extremes” of left as well as right.
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