What would be an example of a non-socialist but leftist school of thought?
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Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 2 days ago
Very much yes!
Leftist doesn’t mean communist at all
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 days ago
Nothing. Liberals don’t know the difference between being a leftist and being on a national left.
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Social democracy
dogbert@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
A form of capitalism…
nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
From Wikipedia:
Social democracy is a social, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality.
While it is not an objective definition, I think it is a valid point of view to see social democracy rather as a reformist variant socialism than capitalism.
remon@ani.social 2 days ago
Anarchism.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
I feel like most anarchists identify as socialists, so I’m not sure about that one.
pilferjinx@piefed.social 2 days ago
In terms of societal left, it would be equal opportunity and fairness without discrimination in any kind of economic apparatus. Maybe some sort of meritocracy?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 days ago
Yes it does.
the_abecedarian@piefed.social 2 days ago
To be any kind of leftist at all, you have to believe in equality in society, in providing for all, and opposing hierarchy. There are many interpretations of how to get to such a place, though socialism encompasses the biggest ones.
You can enjoy the things you have access to in the current system, but enjoying the system itself, which forces us to enrich billionaires, destroys the planet, pushes us into poverty, and wastes our time and potential working on what the market wants instead of what we want, is fundamentally anti-leftist.