Kim Jong-il: Modern social democracy, denying the leadership of the working-class party and the unified guidance of the socialist state, advocates that it aims to build a "humanitarian and democratic socialism" in place of an "administrative-bureaucratic socialism". Needless to say, socialism may have different specific features according to the guiding ideology it relies on and the methods of building and managing it. However, socialism is inconceivable separated from the political leadership of the working-class party and the unified guidance of the socialist state, which are the fundamental principles of socialism. That socialism is developing in different forms is one thing, and that socialism is returning to capitalism is another thing. The former means that it is built and managed to suit the specific situation and national characteristics of each country, invariably maintaining the working-class character. The advantages of the different types of socialism may differ from one another according to their characteristics, but any type is superior to capitalism. Giving up the basic principles of socialism is nothing but degeneration in a capitalistic way, no matter whether it is called "democratic socialism" or "humanitarian and democratic socialism". https://wordsmith.social/protestation/quotes#quote9447