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Are you talking about the social democracies of Northern Europe? They wouldn't be possible without capitalism.
by ptr 10y ago
Are you talking about the social democracies of Northern Europe? They wouldn't be possible without capitalism.
- return0 10y agoThe article is about rejecting capitalism, not about rejecting free markets. Regarding europe at large, including france and even UK to some extent, the difference between american style capitalism and social democracy is whether the Capitalists or the Democracy have primacy in the society. It's not about choosing exclusively one of the two.
- ptr 10y agoThe capital gains tax is lower than the taxes on employment. Wouldn't this mean that owning is favored by the society?
- bad_user 10y agoWho is this capitalism you're speaking of? I want to meet him.
- ethanbond 10y agoNor without socialism. There are no millennials advocating USSR style communism. They're advocating a move away from unbridled '00s capitalism.
- jazzyk 10y agoWhat "unbridled '00 capitalism"? More like statist, crony-capitalism intertwined with kleptocracy.
- ethanbond 10y agoSo capitalism is supposed to exist in a vacuum in which it won't corrupt the government around it?
- jazzyk 10y agoThe government should not be involved in the market in the first place , other than ensuring fair play (through simple, enforceable regulations, primarily to ensure transparency and prevent monopolies/duopolies and). No government bailouts for anybody. No corporate "lobbyists". Etc.
- kuschku 10y agoBut they’re a very different form – usually known as "Social Market Economy" from the Capitalist economy common in the US.
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- kamaal 10y ago>>They wouldn't be possible without capitalism. And that sort of capitalism wouldn't be possible without colonialism.