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<span style="color:rgb(103,78,167)">“<span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:medium"><i>Labour's
problems aren't very different from those of other Western social
democratic parties... In this sense we are experiencing not merely a
crisis of the British state but also a general crisis of social
democracy”</i> (<i>Labour Vanishes</i>, Ross McKibbin, <b>London
Review of Books</b>, November 20, 2014). </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">McKibbin's
summary assessment of social democracy is both keen and cogent.
Social democracy, the political expression of twentieth-century
anti-Communist reformism, has arrived at a juncture that challenges
its vision as well as its political vitality. In McKibbin's words:
“Over the last twenty or thirty years the great social democratic
parties of Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand
(and now France) have bled support...” One could add, though in a
less dramatic way, the ersatz US social democratic party, the
Democratic Party.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">In
a real sense, social democracy drew its energy from its posture as an
alternative to Communism. For various reasons-- fear of change,
anti-Communist demonology, ignorance, imagined
self-interest-- many of those disadvantaged by capitalism took refuge
in the tame, gradualist, and militantly anti-Communist parties
claiming space on the left. By advocating an easy parliamentary
approach, charting a cautious, non-confrontational road, and
enveloping the effort with civility, social democratic thinkers
believe they can win popularity and smooth the sharp edges of
capitalism... <span style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"><i><b>To read more, go to: <a href="http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/">http://zzs-blg.blogspot.com/</a></b></i></span></span></span>
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