There Are Very Few Socialists in America: Krugman

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23. It's more than semantics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism

Democratic socialism is contrasted with Marxism–Leninism.[22] Democratic socialists oppose the Stalinist political system and the Marxist–Leninist economic planning system, rejecting as their form of governance the administrative-command model formed in the Soviet Union and other Marxist–Leninist states during the 20th century.[23] Democratic socialism is also distinguished from Third Way social democracy[24][nb 1] because democratic socialists are committed to the systemic transformation of the economy from capitalism to socialism,[nb 2] while social democrats use capitalism to create a strong welfare state, leaving many businesses under private ownership.[30] However, many democratic socialists also advocate for state regulations and welfare programs in order to reduce the perceived harms of capitalism and slowly transform the economic system.[30]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy

In the 21st century, it has become commonplace to define social democracy in reference to Northern and Western European countries,[41] and their model of a welfare state with a corporatist system of collective bargaining.[42] Social democracy has also been used synonymously with the Nordic model.[43] Henning Meyer and Jonathan Rutherford associate social democracy with the socioeconomic order in Europe from the post-war period until the early 1990s.[44] Social democratic roots are also observed in Latin America during the early 20th century; this was the case in Uruguay during the two presidential terms of José Batlle y Ordóñez.[45]

While the welfare state has been accepted across the political spectrum,[29] particularly by conservatives (Christian democrats) and liberals (social liberals),[46] one notable difference is that socialists see the welfare state "not merely to provide benefits but to build the foundation for emancipation and self-determination".[47] In the 21st century, a social democratic policy regime[nb 3] may further be distinguished by a support for an increase in welfare policies or an increase in public services.[43]