The Problems of Social Democracy

Social democracy itself is flawed in many aspects

Control by the Rich

In capitalism the ruling class are those who control the most resources. One of the biggest flaws in social democracy is that you cannot simultaneously have people more powerful than others, and a functional democracy with a fair government.

The goal of the ruling class is to extract as much as it can from the workers, preferably with as little effort as possible. This is done mostly through private property, while partially through taxes and other “ideas”. Private property is property in the marxist sense, owned by the ruling class that is labored on by the workers (personal property is what the worker owns and uses). The only thing that truly changes the value of an object is human labor. This means when something is sold for a profit, the worker gets less than he produced. Taxes chip away the resources of the worker in much the same way.

The state plays a pivotal role in this system other than the (minor) taxes. Without private property, this system of oppression would not be possible, and private property can not exist without a government. The only thing binding property “rights” is the government, it is simply a legal fiction. The only thing stopping the workers from keeping what they produce is the guards and the government. In a capitalist society the only thing stopping the guards taking it is the government.

The ruling class can only keep its power with the help of the government. The ruling class also wishes to keep a tight hold on the government to keep its power. The workers can break this hold, but only when they understand what is going on. The power of this system is that if the workers are not educated enough to understand the true nature of the system, they can be easily distracted by the minor social issues and lose sight of what is really happening. The rich and the government, because they are one and the same, will fight to keep this system in place. Because slaves are easiest to keep when they do not know they are slaves.

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Control Over Choices

The problem of social issues is that they can be used as a distraction.

The biggest problem of social democracy is that it distracts workers from the true problems. They do this by allowing “lively debate” between extremely similar viewpoints, on problems that are inconsequential. Then in the background they limit the ability to change the major issues.

There are many examples of this in the United States. Both Clinton and Trump would have attacked our privacy rights, gone to the same wars, given the rich more power, and deport millions of people. (Obama did all of these too.) There are a few “key” differences between the two parties. The Democrats are more favorable towards social rights, like gay marriage, and do everything more discretely. You never hear about how more people were deported under Obama than any president before him. The small differences, which is all the media talks about in regard to politics, is enough to distract the people from the true issues. This is done through with the help of the “lesser of two evils” mindset.

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Proof of Power

Until now I have provided little evidence of how the rich actually controls the candidates for election. The idea is that if you don’t like anybody who is running, you can just run yourself. There are multiple problems with this. The rich have far more power over the media and how the voting takes place, this allows them to delude the workers.

The media keeps this power structure in place through multiple methods itself. Firstly it deludes the workers into the lesser of two evils mindset, it makes it completely ignores smaller candidates, and it is a prime channel for propaganda. The lesser of two evils mindset forces the worker into thinking he must vote for the lesser of two evils, because voting anybody else is a “wasted vote” and will allow the “greater evil” into power. Completely ignoring candidates from minor parties makes the worker think that they do not have a chance, which feeds into the lesser of two evils. Propaganda works in multiple ways. It tricks the worker into accepting the outcome and into thinking only about certain issues.

The rich also have power over the voting process, however this differences between countries and time periods. Given that my experience and knowledge is limited to the United States, I shall stick to that country. In order to get the party nomination one must win an election within the party. Many people sign up for this, but they are often ignored. Sometimes they are not even invited to debates, or when they are specific people are given an “advantage”. The ruling class selects certain people that it will help secure the nomination through the use of the media. The party itself is not part of the government, so its rules are subject to manipulation by the leaders, which again are controlled by the rich.

We can easily look at recent examples for this one. Bernie Sanders was far more highly supported candidate than both Hillary and Donald Trump. He loss can be at least partially attributed to unfair tactics in debate scheduling, the media, and some “lucky coin tosses” (literally lmao). Even though many people disliked Hillary, they still voted for her as the “lesser of two evils”. This reinforced that any “radical” changes to the system will be unlikely to win, which plays right into the lesser of two evils. Bernie Sanders himself only advocated small changes to the system, which would only slightly improve the lives of the workers. It would not fundamentally change the system in any way, the working class would still be slaves.

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What Happens if a Socialist is Elected?

In some countries, like venezuela, a socialist has been elected to lead a capitalist country. They simply are not allowed to do anything. The ruling class has such a control over the economy that they can cause riots, food shortages, and anything else they want whenever they want. Then all they need to do is to blame the socialist that was elected.

This video explains it well.

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Social democracy is a trap for the working class. It sounds nice on paper but in reality it's the opposite.

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