Germany’s SPD just had their worst results since 1887. But why are social democratic parties struggling? This study, covering 336 elections in 22 advanced democracies from 1965 to 2019, especially in the context of income inequality, offers some key insights. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... - ThreadSky

alirizataskale.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Germany’s SPD just had their worst results since 1887. But why are social democratic parties struggling? This study, covering 336 elections in 22 advanced democracies from 1965 to 2019, especially in the context of income inequality, offers some key insights. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402382.2021.1916294#abstract

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idiokratie.bsky.social•4 days ago

The plain truth is the SPD is "led" by a massive crook.
This article details how, as Merkel's finance sec, Scholz put a "back door" into a law about EVs(!) that effectively let the Cum-Ex-gangsters off the hook and let them keep their booty.
https://netzpolitik.org/2021/hintertuer-in-finanzgesetz-gesetzesaenderung-verhindert-aufklaerung-des-cum-ex-skandals/

idiokratie.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ever since, Germany has been PAYING OUT taxpayer money by the BILLIONS to more gangsters performing the exact same kind of heist for absolutely no good reason.
Like 40 billion Euros sofar and it is ongoing while Scholz pretends to have amnesia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IDjjyzMUA&t=1243s

idiokratie.bsky.social•4 days ago

Meanwhile, the SPD has the single most popular German politician, Defense minister Pistorius, and running him for chancelor would have easily put them comfortably ahead of the conservatives. But the Scholz network managed to cling to power with in the party. Probably a mix of delusion and extortion.

alirizataskale.bsky.social•4 days ago

The main argument is that Social Democratic parties have moved away from their traditional leftist economic stance, leaning into market-friendly policies like privatization, deregulation, and cutting back on welfare - even though they’ve historically stood for equality and redistribution.

alirizataskale.bsky.social•4 days ago

The article's another important argument focuses on socio-cultural shifts: these parties have started taking more right-leaning positions on issues like immigration and multiculturalism to attract middle-class voters.

alirizataskale.bsky.social•4 days ago

According to the article, the loss of working-class support is a big deal: the shift to the right in economic policies has pushed away the traditional working-class base of Social Democratic parties, leading many of these voters to switch their support to far-right or far-left parties.

katiecannon.bsky.social•4 days ago

Social democracy: The state uses its power to create the currency to pay for public goods and services

Government chartered & backed banks can fund the markets in accordance with the public good.

katiecannon.bsky.social•4 days ago

I mean, you can’t have governments saying money comes from tax payers and have a working social democracy

alirizataskale.bsky.social•4 days ago

Regarding middle-class appeal, the article argues that although Social Democrats have tried to win over middle-class voters by moving toward centrist or right-leaning policies, this strategy often backfires because it weakens their traditional image as supporters of equality and redistribution.

alirizataskale.bsky.social•4 days ago

When it comes to rightward economic movements, Social Democrats lose votes when they adopt right-leaning economic policies, especially in places with high income inequality. This happens because their policy choices just don’t match the redistributive needs of their traditional supporters anymore.

alirizataskale.bsky.social•4 days ago

When it comes to combined rightward shifts, Social Democrats really hurt their electoral chances by moving to the right on both economic and socio-cultural issues. This double shift pushes away not only their traditional working-class supporters but also progressive middle-class voters.

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