SOCIALISM TODAY Flashcards

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By start of the 21st century what did people think about socialism

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A belief socialism was a dead ideology

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What happened for people to think there was a decline in socialism

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Collapse of soviet union

Labour renouncing clause IV and third way being close to modern liberalism

Support for collectivism at ease - more house owners than trade unions

Working people in western societies undergoing embourgeoisement

World “socialism” not in a single labour manifesto from 1997-2010

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What has given optimism for socialism since 2000’s

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Revisionist socialism

Capitalism wasn’t that secure with eurozone and 2008 banks

Corbyn as labour leader

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