I mean extra gobble gums can get ridiculous Editspelling <| sep |> Part 2 The term Social Democracy Marx had used the term first in 1848 translating the title of a French political party Partie DemocratSocialist into German as Partei der Sozialdemokratie , . This was later picked by a German Socialist organization led by Ferdinand Lassalle who named their news paper as The Social Democrat . This was used in order to distinguish themselves from liberal democrats and to indicate their support for creating social change through parliamentary route rather than a revolution . In essence , they were not supporters of Welfare Capitalism but firmly opposed to it . The 1875 manifesto of Lasalle ' s German Social Democratic Party is particularly relevant . Here are the 3 main planks and I quote . The German Workers ' party , in order to pave the way to the solution of the social question , demands the establishment of producers ' cooperative societies with state aid under the democratic control of the toiling people . The producers ' cooperative societies are to be called into being for industry and agriculture on such a scale that the socialist organization of the total labor will arise from them . . Starting from these basic principles , the German workers ' party strives by all legal means for the free stateandsocialist society that abolition of the wage system together with the iron law of wages andexploitation in every form the elimination of all social and political inequality . . Labor is the source of wealth and all culture , and since useful labor is possible only in society and through society , the proceeds of labor belong undiminished with equal right to all members of society . Even Lenin and the Bolsheviks along with the Mensheviks were part of the Russian Social democratic Party which was renamed by Lenin as the Russian Communist Party . Ultimately , he managed to convince almost all the parties present in the First International as Communist Parties . The main reason the Social Democrats later came to be viewed as supporters of capitalism with a welfare State was because once they came into power in European countries they shied away from their radical plans . The Social Democrats used macro economic management to smooth the boom and burst cycle , expanded the Social insurance schemes . Some like the Social democratic Parties of Austria even entered into alliances with the center right parties . An important legacy however , was the creation of the Tripartite structure which didn ' t exist before . It bought together employers , employees through their common association and the Government was creating what we call an Industrial policy . In conclusion , we can say that there existed no Nation State where your conditions democratic ownership of means of production along with liberal democracy were met . There are however , countries that claim to be Socialist and there are references made to it in the their Constitution . They are Bangladesh , India , China , Vietnam , North Korea , Bangladesh , Cuba , Laos , Nepal , Portugal . ReferencesCapital by MarxCritique of Gotha Program by MarxVarieties of Capitalism The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage by Peter A . Hall and David Soskice