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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Socialist democrazy #97863 03/07/2003 4:11 AM Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 20 suededevil stranger suededevil stranger Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 20 Recently,China's Premier Minister Zhu indicated "A socialist democracy should be developed" as the primary direction to Socialist China'a future political reform Is it just a hollow platitude? It's inspired what and how "Socialist democracy" should be Could anyone has a good interpretation of such a flesh political governance philosophy ? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Socialist democrazy #97864 03/07/2003 5:15 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Well, Sweden is the classic modern example of a Socialist Democracy. And Britain is a Socialist Democracy to a large degree, but perhaps our friends across the pond could elaborate on this better for us? And "Social Democracy" is the term often applied. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Socialist democrazy #97865 03/07/2003 6:39 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 I cant give you a definiton Suede, but I can try and explain what I understand of the term. India is the world's largest democracy and is also an example of just this particular form of governance, except in the past decade or so, ever since free market principles have slowly seeped in. A Socialist Democracy is one where the people elect their government but the overall policy of the government, irrespective of the party that is elected, will be, to have some regulatory control over trade, commerce and the economic markets. This government policy is effected as a protective measure to prevent against a widening of the rich-poor gap and to also give the people that are poorer, a fighting chance to improve their lot. With specific reference to India and China, this is a serious concern, because of the large populations involved. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Socialist democrazy #97866 03/08/2003 12:17 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 Rouspeteur member Rouspeteur member Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 Democracy: Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives. Obviously a term like socialist democracy means no more or less than what the speaker wants it to mean. One must wonder if the Chinese Premier's socialist democracy has room for more than one political party. A quick rule of thumb that I use is that if a country's name includes the words People's, Republic, or Democratic the chance that it is actually democratic is inversely proportional to the number of these words used. (People's Republic of China, German Democratic Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo.) Rouspeteur Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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