thats pretty simple

do you think the USSR was democratic?

do you think the USSR was market socialism?

yes, if you consider 1 party elections democratic

why would you consider a single election over 80 years democratic

not a single election

many elections

just 1 party

yea how is that democratic

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every other ideology is outlawed

but thats not even the main point

you think socialism is evil because of its economic failure

thats *planned economies*

i agree, totally spastic idea

also high taxes

idk what possessed the "communists" to try it

the socialism advocated for today is market socialism

ie we dont abolish the markets that exist in capitalism

theyre good and useful

we just have extremely heavy restrictions on ownership

which is never good for the markets

ie if a company gets above $x marketcap, its either nationalised or mutualised

see thats where youre wrong

point to a single example where thats been true

(i can point to a million examples of private ownership going wrong)

I´ll give you an example: lets say you put the nationalisation cap to 10 billion in revenue. Now tell me, why tf should I develope my company to reach that 10 billion revenue mark? I´ll just keep it in the 9 billion mark.

Companies will basically be told "DONT FUCKING GROW OR WE NATIONALISE U"

well i personally advocate for discretion

rather than particular number

BUT

that just promotes insecurity

i know

so if we did have to use a number

we dont have to mandate nationalisation

it can be mutualisation

ie the workers all get a slice of the revenues

but you know what we can do to keep the incentives in place?

we allow the original owner to have the same piece he had before

so there is still inequality generated by successful entrepreneurship

but its capped