There's only one kind of democratic economy and we already have a word for it - it's socialism. If the means of production isn't owned by the workers it's not democratic. It's not socialist.
masquenox
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Oh look... an "enlightened centrist" has shown up to run interference for the right-wingers.
There is such a thing as a "non-extremist" right-winger?
Tell me you're attracted to men without telling me you're attracted to men.
It’s an uncharted path
No, it's not. This is thoroughly charted territory. It just inevitably leads to more capitalism.
liberals tend to want to shift capitalism towards something more equitable
No, they don't - they try to reform capitalism to head off revolt against the capitalist status quo. That is why liberal reforms to capitalism (at best) only makes life better for a certain part of the working class - see how Roosevelt's GI Bill left black vets and their communities out in the cold for an example. When this fails to protect the capitalist order, liberal-types will happily co-operate with fascists to violently repress the working class - see Weimar Germany for an example of that.
If you are the reading type, I'd suggest Clara Mattei's The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism - I haven't encountered anyone who explains the history as well as she does.
Liberals are not your friends - Malcolm X was perfectly accurate when he described them as "smiling foxes."
Have you noticed how liberalism is always pro-capitalism?
This is true... but with some corporations it's just a case of "fuck you in particular."
I guess you haven't met many CEOs, then.