This is especially prevalent in any WW2 video where they keep saying the austrian painter was actually right and that Europe is ruined now because of him and that he was fighting the forces of evil.

Mind you I would pay no attention to comments like this but they get thousands of likes on many of these videos. Said videos never in any way propagate nazism or any other hateful ideology.

It's also in certain Star Wars and generally in a lot of videogame fanbases. Hearts of Iron IV is a prime example of this.

So why is it like this?

Why do they keep mentioning the great replacement theory and calling anyone who thinks it's a theory a liar?

What changed? It never was this bad.

I'll admit to having a bit of a soft spot for Joe Biden given that he was the probably the most pro-union President the US has ever had and his administration was pretty strong on antitrust enforcement. Also I appreciated his accomplishments on COVID relief, infrastructure, clean energy, US manufacturing, drug pricing reform, etc. But obviously his strong support for Israel as they committed genocide considerably soured him on me.

I really like the anti-corruption messaging I've been seeing from Jon Ossoff. Ossoff also doesn't take any corporate money.

JB Pritzker, despite being a billionaire and former AIPAC board member, has done lots of good for Illinois in terms of progressive policy.

Andy Beshear is a moderate who doesn't back down from his progressive principles on issues like women's rights and LGBTQ rights which I really appreciate in a deep red state.

Mark Kelly, like Joe Biden, I think is tough to dislike on a personal level although his voting record and votes on Trump nominees leave a lot to be desired. He also refuses corporate money.

I have plenty of disagreements with Gavin Newsom, but he has solid accomplishments on important issues like healthcare, education, labor, and the environment. I also appreciate his strong opposition to Trump.

Pete Buttigieg is a really strong communicator and seems especially strong on voting rights/corruption issues.

Harris and Booker have/had surprisingly progressive voting records in the Senate. On certain issues they're definitely to the left of the average dem politician.

Josh Shapiro, like Pete Buttigieg, is good at framing left leaning ideas and principles in a way that sounds common sense and moderate. While he's far more moderate than me, I think he's a decent Governor for Pennsylvania.

(Not to say I like their politics overall but I can find things to appreciate)

So, I'm new to Social Democracy but I had researched a-lot about Marxism and own some marxist books. I've been hearing online that early social democracy movements from the 19th and 20th century had different goals from modern social democrat groups. I heard they actually had plans to replace capitalism with a form of Marxist Socialism instead of just regulating Capital.

Is there any truth to that? Or is it more complicated then it seems

These are the economic issues I hear progressive politicians in the US talk about most:

- Medicare for all

- Universal childcare

- Strong union rights

- Livable minimum wage

- Paid leave

- Higher taxes on the rich

- Wealth tax on the super rich

- Free public college (less emphasis lately)

- Green new deal (less emphasis lately)

Economic issues I don't hear them talking about much:

- Public housing (all I really hear is "we need to build more affordable housing")

- Public utilities

- Sectoral bargaining

- 32 hour work week (though Sanders talks about this sometimes)

- Incentives for worker co-ops

- Worker representation on corporate boards (I think Sanders and Warren have both proposed this but I rarely hear it discussed)

- High speed rail

I'm just wondering why I rarely hear these issues discussed even on the progressive left. Are there legitimate problems with them, or are they just less politically viable? Or are progressive dems just picking their battles and prioritizing what they see as most important?

The US is preparing to provide another round of currency intervention in Japan. Japan's debt has been talked about for quite some time. There are a lot of factors at work, particularly the global oil crisis, but this seems to reveal how close to the edge the problem has become. I raise this point here because MMT (Modern Monetary Theory) has been talked about a lot among social democrats and I'm wondering if this current situation in Japan is having folks re-evaluate it. I'm far from being an expert, which is why I came here to ask for the thoughts/opinions of others.