WHAT'S IN A NAME?

The Progressive Movement

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Social democrats propose selective nationalization of key national industries in mixed economies, with private ownership of property and of profit-making business. Social democrats also promote tax-funded welfare programs and regulation of markets. Many social democrats, particularly in European welfare states, refer to themselves as "socialists", introducing a degree of ambiguity to the understanding of what the term means.

Libertarian socialism (including social anarchism and libertarian Marxism) rejects state control and ownership of the economy altogether and advocates direct collective ownership of the means of production via co-operative workers' councils and workplace democracy.

A lot of conspiracy theories seem to start with the Illuminati. But, they are not the only ones who claim Intellectual Enlightenment.

The Luciferians, they are Intellectual Illumination, the Enlightened Ones

The Illuminati, the Enlightened Ones Intellectual Illumination.

The Progressive Movement, the Enlightened Intellectuals

I'm not saying they are all connected, if they are I haven't found it. But I do think it interesting they all claim to be the Intellectually Enlightened .

If I had my Tin Foil Hat on, I might see a connection.

What is in a name anyway? Some other similarities.

Democratic Peoples Republic, Of North Korea

National Socialist German Workers Party, the Nazi's

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the old USSR, Soviet in Russian means Council

Peoples Republic of China

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

A republic is a state or country that is not led by a hereditary monarch,

Socialist thought has several different views on democracy. Social democracy, democratic socialism, and the dictatorship of the proletariat (usually exercised through Soviet democracy) are some examples. Many democratic socialists and social democrats believe in a form of participatory democracy and workplace democracy combined with a representative democracy.

Within Marxist orthodoxy there is a hostility to what is commonly called "liberal democracy", which they simply refer to as parliamentary democracy because of its often centralized nature. Because of their desire to eliminate the political elitism they see in capitalism, Marxists, Leninists and Trotskyists believe in direct democracy implemented though a system of communes (which are sometimes called soviets). This system ultimately manifests itself as council democracy and begins with workplace democracy.

Seems the dictators like to use the words Democratic, Socialist, and Republic.

The Progressives are Socialists, by another name.

If you call it liberalism, you can sell them Socialism..