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There is also "capitalism" in Iraq, Syria, and Congo. There is "socialism" in Sweden and Finland. There is "socialism" in Belarus and "capitalism" in Ukraine.
by lqdc13 10y ago
There 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 10y 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 10y 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.