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Socialism broadly advocates for social ownership/control of production, while democratic socialism specifically seeks this within a multi-party democracy, opposing authoritarianism and aiming to empower workers, often through reforms within capitalism (social democracy) or by transitioning away from it, contrasting with state-controlled, non-democratic socialist models. The key difference is the “democratic” part: ensuring political freedom, worker voice, and using democratic processes (elections, unions) for change, not revolution or single-party rule

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