There's a contradiction at the heart of social democracy........ [View all]

that's the reason that the so-called "left" parties the world over can't seem to stop or even slow down the corporate takeover of governments and the repeal of the social democratic programs that were enacted in the last century. Social democracy, no matter how "radical" it presents its platforms, still believes in the primacy of capitalism as the organizing principle of society. If you believe in keeping capitalism that means you have to keep the rules of capitalism too. And the rules of capitalism today says that the social democratic programs that were enacted are not affordable by the system anymore.

That's the conundrum for ALL of the current "left" electoral parties from SYRIZA to the PT in Brazil to Corbyn and Labour in Britain to Sanders in the USA. The system that you want to keep says it can't afford what you are advocating for.