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socialism is not the government doing stuff
socialism is worker ownership of the means of production
the workers owning and democratically managing their workplaces
Why do these people think that jobs are literally the only aspect of the economy
venezuala's economy
is anti-marketist
state controlled
and socialist
pepes
@Deleted User Meh, not always is that defined as socialism, there are many variations, that would just be the generic idea, but a legitimate idea nonetheless.
here's a better stat than any one you could ever pull up
venezuala was praised as a socialist pradise
before they ran out
of other people's money
no, because oil prices went down
the economy was entirely dependent on oil to keep businesses from running away
which, mind you, is a failure of *global capitalism*
failing to provide for people because there wasn't much profit in it
lol it's funny because
the economic policy institute
is a liberal organization
we aren't liberals
it's an anti-capitalist think thank
liberals are for the free market
Venezuela is poor because their entire economy is built on oil and they did stupid shit like implement price controls
the economic policy institute, aka the retards
exactly
who provided your chart
are an anti capitalist
think tank
"anti capitalist"
lemme look that up
venezuala didn't run out of oil
did it?
controlled prices
>socialism
```The EPI describes itself as a non-partisan think tank that "seeks to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions".[2] It is affiliated with the labor movement,[3] and is usually described as presenting a liberal[4] viewpoint on public policy issues.```
so it's liberal
"labor movements"