Social democracy is probably as "optimal" capitalism can get for the working class, but absolutely not optimal for plutocrats and oligarchs. No prizes for guessing which of those classes Reagan served.
That's slightly inaccurate. Social democracy is certainly that old, e.g. the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) was founded in 1863, but when Lenin talks about "social democracy" he usually means something a little different, closer to the modern definition of plain old socialism.
This is actually incoherent.
Also, if social democracy was so optimal, how would someone like Reagan come to power and dismantle it?
Social democracy is probably as "optimal" capitalism can get for the working class, but absolutely not optimal for plutocrats and oligarchs. No prizes for guessing which of those classes Reagan served.
Social democracy is so old Lenin was one before he became a communist.
That's slightly inaccurate. Social democracy is certainly that old, e.g. the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) was founded in 1863, but when Lenin talks about "social democracy" he usually means something a little different, closer to the modern definition of plain old socialism.
True. More correct to say he was apart of the Russian Social Democrats until they split into the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks