The Tension Between Liberal Democracy and Socialist Democracy

The prospects for a liberal democratic path to socialism will be of only relative importance. A departure from liberal democratic procedures, norms, and constraints can be defended on the grounds that these things may undermine or hinder democracy. If as it seems fair to assume economic democracy involves a determinant set of rights, then liberal democratic capitalism violates rights. As this is the case, a socialist course of action that seeks to end the violation of these rights by curtailing some rights that capitalists enjoy under a liberal democratic regime is merely limiting some rights to advance others. After all, we often accept limitations on rights to freedom of movement and expression in order to advance our rights to safety and security. In short, socialists