Something like that - I think the key is to be ambiguous, and probably euphemisms like “class-conscious populism”. I assume Zohran won the mayoral election without mentioning socialism or capitalism in his platform. What did he do without mentioning socialism?
Socialism broadly advocates for social ownership/control of production, while democratic socialism specifically seeks this within a multi-party democracy, opposing authoritarianism and aiming to empower workers, often through reforms within capitalism (social democracy) or by transitioning away from it, contrasting with state-controlled, non-democratic socialist models. The key difference is the “democratic” part: ensuring political freedom, worker voice, and using democratic processes (elections, unions) for change, not revolution or single-party rule
Advancing policies that benefit and appeal to the voters so that they vote for you?
Something like that - I think the key is to be ambiguous, and probably euphemisms like “class-conscious populism”. I assume Zohran won the mayoral election without mentioning socialism or capitalism in his platform. What did he do without mentioning socialism?
He’s not a socialist, he’s a social democrat like Canada and most of Europe.
He’s a democratic socialist.
Right.
.