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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess you can stick your head into the ground and pretend democratic socialism isn't a thing.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-15-democratic-socialist-countries-181857008.html

it's stupid, but stupidity is always an option.

Of course, if you just toss these countries' accomplishments away, you're really just undermining the entire premise, because without these successes the record of 'socialism' gets a whole fucking lot worse.

lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're citing a capitalist finance website to prove your point about socialism. You seem to be confused between social democracy and democratic socialism. I understand because they seem so similar that they must be basically the same thing, right? Nope.

The Nordic model is a form of social democracy. They take many of the benefits that socialism provides and builds them into a capitalist economy. Democratic socialism is an actual form of a worker owned an operated economy.

If you're ever in doubt, ask the question, "who owns the means of production?" If the answer is huge megacorporations and wealthy billionaires, then it's a capitalist economy. If the answer is the working class, it's socialist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

if you just toss these countries’ accomplishments away, you’re really just undermining the entire premise, because without these successes the record of ‘socialism’ gets a whole fucking lot worse.

Ok, then.