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Scandinavia is not socialist. When will this ignorant myth end?
by lfjmfkekdk5 11y ago
Scandinavia is not socialist. When will this ignorant myth end?
- MrTonyD 11y agoDemocratic Socialist parties have been in power in many Scandinavian countries for decades. The current systems evolved from Socialism - and Democratic Socialism really defines the modern, functioning form of Socialism -- a type of Socialism that provides a positive alternative to the unfettered Capitalism suggested by the original poster.
- xname 11y agoWhat you called Socialism is just capitalism+welfare. It has nothing to do with Socialism.
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoNo, that's social democracy you're thinking of.
- lfjmfkekdk5 11y agoThe ignorance of economic systems here on HN is just unbelievable. Scandinavian countries are very pro free trade and capitalist. They have that alongside a relatively large welfare system. That is not socialism. They are capitalist with few regulations and few state owned enterprises. It's shocking how the myth continues to persist among the economically uninformed.
- ende 11y agoDemocratic Socialism? You have no idea what you are talking about and have clearly received this misinformation from a Bernie Sanders talking point (bless the man, but he is has done nothing to help rectify the broken American political lexicon.). The ideology that has pervaded Nordic politics for the past decades is Social Democracy, not Democratic Socialism. There is a very significant difference.