Message from @Dr.Wol
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Something about sexual assault allegations?
the trees finally admitted it huh?
I don't know a lot about it.
i was refering to this
Styx did a good video on the issue today
Flat out said he’d help Andy sue lmfao
Definitely should too, it is defamatory no matter how you slice it
It continues to drive me up the fucking wall when people claim Norway and Sweden are socialist countries.
do they not know what Socialism looks like
because it looks like China
or Cuba
of Vietnam
ya know, those bastions of progressiveness that everyone's trying so desperately to immigrate to
I‘ve seen people claim that germany is a socialist country...
I've seen people make false statements too
Well it depends on what criteria you go with,
afaik, Norway has basically socialised their massive oil reserve, meaning that the money gained from it is used to fund their schools, pensions etc
But neither sweden nor norway has had workers seize the means of production, or banned free market
and if i recall correctly, until like 1980, sweden did have massive socialist systems that ruined their economy having them switch back
most of the Nordic countries have a freer market so that the economy actually has the room to afford their social nets. That doesn't mean they don't push things too far from time to time and shoot them selves in the foot, but its certainly not socialism. But they are different than the rest of the EU in that regard i think.
The 'nordic model' is at best classified as a social democracy, but it's defnitely capitalist as fuck.
The Norse have a so called 'oil fund' which is privately run, but majority owned by the government IIRC.
socialism=/=communism
depends on which version of communism and socialism you are talking about
socialism is communism basically
actually no, they are different words that mean different things. socialism does tend to encapsulate communism, basicly meaning communism is a form of socialism, while socialism is a form of economic system where the means of production are controled socialy or democraticly. communism is another beast entirely which takes the idea of socialism, creates a utopia out of the form of socialism which the private sector never even exists, and also lumps other ideas in with it such as abolishment of money and the state. its more accurate to call communist countrys "working towards communism" countrys than accutally presently being "communist" because they never actually represent the goal of the system they put into place. socialism on the other hand has been achieved, both veneseula, nazi germany, and the nordic states are BY SOCIALIST DEFINITIONS actually socialisms now due to the extent of democratic or social control of the means of production
anything other than anarcho capitalism is communism and is bad
enjoy your ban
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thats not how economics works
Except Nordic counties have a higher economic freedom than the us. So how does one have a more socialist society than the US yet have less red tape on the private sector?
socialism isint regulation, its a different form of ownership
So all companies are government owned in Nordic counties?
socialism is the government enforcing communism
socialism is a spectrom in the truist since of the term
its application maybe
socialism is just the ideal of the state replacing the private sector to provide the needs of the people
in a loose sense
socialism isint an ideal of state
its the opposite of an ideal of state, its a system, COMMUNISM is an ideal of the state