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There aren't many places in the world left where bona fide socialism now exists, thankfully. I can think only of Venezuela and North Korea.
by atemerev 11y ago
There aren't many places in the world left where bona fide socialism now exists, thankfully. I can think only of Venezuela and North Korea.
- lqdc13 11y agoThere is also "capitalism" in Iraq, Syria, and Congo. There is "socialism" in Sweden and Finland. There is "socialism" in Belarus and "capitalism" in Ukraine. There is "socialism" in China and "capitalism" in Indonesia. None of these comparisons obviously make sense.
- atemerev 11y agoYou can own private property and run business in all these countries. I was born in USSR. Socialism there meant that private business ownership is definitely not allowed. As many other things, too. It was impossible to buy and sell real estate, for example.
- lqdc13 11y agoExactly. I was commenting on how those are not real examples of socialism - you can own property in Venezuela for example. North Korea is more of an example of a dictatorship than anything else.