so did the social democracy. this means nothing without socialism. betterment of living conditions is a bonus of overthrowing capitalism, not the aim; the aim is free associaton of producers, end of alienation, of generalized commodity production.
Welfare state, which is the most effective weapon in capitalist arsenal against socialism, is responsible for such a tremendous change in living quality, esp. in global north, its unparalleled.
Reducing socialism to public healthcare and unions plays into its hand, too.
Sewer socialism and later New deal in USA and welfare state in Western Europe were tremendous successes in integrating socialist critique as stabilization of capitalist system. This suffocated and disarmed any socialist organizing which exchanged expropriation for better living conditions.
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Reducing socialism to public healthcare and unions plays into its hand, too.