At first glance, social democracy appears as a pragmatic compromise—balancing market efficiency with equitable redistribution, a bridge between capitalism and socialism. But dig deeper, and the original vision reveals a far more ambitious, structural agenda: not just reforming the economy, but reconstructing power itself. The founders did not aim primarily to tweak systems; they sought to redefine agency—shifting control from concentrated capital to democratic institutions and working-class autonomy.

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