This dude has a political science major… I tried telling him that in social democracy the workers don’t own the means of production so it’s still capitalism, but he doesn’t listen. I remember went he stopped supporting my country’s (Netherlands) neoliberal party (D66) and started supporting PvdA, our socialdemocratic party. I was hopeful that he was slowly turning to the left, but nothing’s changed. What are some arguments against socialdemocracy that a social democrat might listen to?
Social democracy went through major shifts in the last century that it no more relates to its (non-marxian) leftist roots. Contemporary socdem even promotes the Third Way, an effectively neoliberal movement.
I found this insightful article about the evolution of socdem.