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Incoming CIA sponsored coup/assassination.
She appears to be a Social Democrat, not a Socialist, so she should be safe as long as she plays ball with the US, rather than pushing back against US Imperialism.
Social democracy is a subsection inside the umbrella of Socialism. So she's both.
It is not. Social Democracy is a subsection inside the umbrella of Liberalism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_democracy?wprov=sfla1
Try again.
I'm aware of what Social Democracy is. It's an increase in Social Safety Nets within the framework of Capitalism, therefore it is a Capitalist ideology, and falls under the umbrella of Liberalism.
The division on whether social democracy is a socialist movement or not pretty much coincides with the division between reform and revolution as means to attain socialism.
A conundrum with nearly a definitive answer, at this point.
Yeah... Still, considering only my self interest I am really glad I am living in a social democracy opposed to many of the other hellscapes forged by capitalism.
Social democracy gets some things right, for all its faults.