Democratic Socialism on the 12 Axes

Its roots lie in the British Fabians, the early Labour Party, Eduard Bernstein's debates within German socialism and Eugene Debs's Socialist Party of America. Democratic socialists hold that democracy must extend from politics into the economy: key sectors should be publicly owned or run by workers, with strong unions and universal public services, while elections and free speech are kept. In recent decades the label has been used by figures such as Bernie Sanders and by groups like the Democratic Socialists of America. The difference from social democracy is the end goal: social democrats reform and regulate capitalism, while democratic socialists want to move beyond it. Unlike Leninism and Trotskyism, it rejects a vanguard party, and unlike anarchism it works through the existing state.

• Libertarian Socialism 86%Libertarian socialism is a broad family of ideas that combines social ownership of the economy with radical democracy and personal freedom, rejecting both capitalism and authoritarian state socialism.
• Social Democracy 84%Social democracy accepts a market economy and parliamentary democracy but uses taxes, strong unions, regulation and a broad welfare state to reduce inequality and protect workers.
• De Leonism 84%De Leonism is a form of Marxism developed by Daniel De Leon that seeks socialism through a peaceful election victory combined with industrial unions that take over and run the economy.
• Progressivism 81%Progressivism is a political outlook that seeks social reform through government action, expanding civil rights, protecting minorities and using science and evidence to improve society.