Democratic Socialism is simply Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion of a voice in the matter.

Democracy is not a form of government. It is a tool of government. Case in point, Stalinist USSR was a "democracy".

All Socialism is Democratic Socialism. Socialist nations take away civil liberties by referendum.

LENIN = "Revolutionary Social Democracy"American Socialists = "Democratic Socialism". What is the difference? The USSR held democratic referendums too; all of which increased the power of the central planners and reduced the individual to nothingness.