How are Socialists different from Democrats?
Democrats support capitalism, but they believe that the government may play a role in ensuring that the capitalists give the working class a “bigger piece of the pie.” Democrats generally favor big government programs to give aid to those who find themselves on the losing side of capitalism. Socialists don’t want people to have a bigger slice of the pie, they want the people to own the pie. For example, Socialists don’t want to give a single mother a vision card and a Section 8 apartment – they want to empower her by ensuring she can find employment with sufficient wages, guaranteed daycare and health care, access to a college education, safe schools, and sufficient free-time.
