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Capitalism can't be communism because one is a financial / economical system and the other is a political system. The two are related but not always in the same

by sdk77 11y ago

Capitalism can't be communism because one is a financial / economical system and the other is a political system. The two are related but not always in the same way. European countries, especially the Scandinavian ones are very Socialist and capitalist. China is an even 'weirder' example. There already are many different forms of capitalism as an economic system under different political systems.

cbeach 11y ago
Scandinavian countries aren't nearly as socialist or successful as non-Scandinavian socialists claim they are: http://www.bullshitexposed.com/scandinavian-socialism-debunked/ http://www.bullshitexposed.com/scandinavian-socialism-debunk...
- realusername 11y ago
  I absolutely don't understand the point this website is trying to make, apart from "Norway is backed by big oil", which is true and the suicide part (which cannot be linked clearly to the economic model), everything else is either really subjective or does not account for the difference of purchasing power in the different countries. EDIT: Because I was downvoted: > "1. Scandinavia isn’t really all that socialist" Socialism does not have the same meaning in Europe and in the US and apparently, this was forgotten. They are liberal socialist countries, if you prefer. > "2. Scandinavia isn’t actually as prosperous as liberals like to claim" Raw GDP is unrelated how people actually live, I don't get this point. > 3. Scandinavians have lower gross and disposable incomes There is no mention of purchasing power, you can't buy the same things with the same salary in Dollars, it's comparing apples and oranges. > 4. But money isn’t everything! What about the poor? There is no mention anywhere in this part of the poverty rate of the different countries, just a graph of the poverty in the US (which does not argue for his point). > 5. Norway is backed by big oil Yes, and what about the other ones ? > 6. Scandinavians aren’t as happy as Americans Suicide rates are much much more than just economics themselves, and I don't understand why this is there.

by sdk77 11y ago

cbeach 11y ago

Scandinavian countries aren't nearly as socialist or successful as non-Scandinavian socialists claim they are: http://www.bullshitexposed.com/scandinavian-socialism-debunked/ http://www.bullshitexposed.com/scandinavian-socialism-debunk...

realusername 11y ago
I absolutely don't understand the point this website is trying to make, apart from "Norway is backed by big oil", which is true and the suicide part (which cannot be linked clearly to the economic model), everything else is either really subjective or does not account for the difference of purchasing power in the different countries. EDIT: Because I was downvoted: > "1. Scandinavia isn’t really all that socialist" Socialism does not have the same meaning in Europe and in the US and apparently, this was forgotten. They are liberal socialist countries, if you prefer. > "2. Scandinavia isn’t actually as prosperous as liberals like to claim" Raw GDP is unrelated how people actually live, I don't get this point. > 3. Scandinavians have lower gross and disposable incomes There is no mention of purchasing power, you can't buy the same things with the same salary in Dollars, it's comparing apples and oranges. > 4. But money isn’t everything! What about the poor? There is no mention anywhere in this part of the poverty rate of the different countries, just a graph of the poverty in the US (which does not argue for his point). > 5. Norway is backed by big oil Yes, and what about the other ones ? > 6. Scandinavians aren’t as happy as Americans Suicide rates are much much more than just economics themselves, and I don't understand why this is there.