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Originally Posted by tildahat
Are you sure you aren't thinking of *Christian Democrat*? I simply don't agree that social conservatism is a necessary part of being a social democrat. I'd define social democrat as someone who philosophically comes from the socialist tradition but in practice accepts a regulated marked economy with a generous welfare state.
But, for purposes of this discussion I should have just said liberal or progressive.  (And for that matter my point probably could have been made with an example from the other end of the spectrum anyway...) |
Christian democrats are a subset of social democrats, which emphasize the cultural and religious more than other social democratic ideologies.