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Uhhh... how about almost every Nordic country?

• randiantech 10y ago
  Then probably we are not referring to the same thing when we talk about socialism.
  • astrodust 10y ago
    If you're using "socialism" as a bugaboo, probably not. It has a broad meaning, like "democracy", but it's not always a bad thing.
    • randiantech 10y ago
      I was referring socialism as a society where state does not allow private property (at least to a major extent), and violates individual human rights in favor of collective ones.
      • astrodust 10y ago
        You're confusing "socialism" with "communist". Socialist societies do not, as a rule, limit ownership of private property. Any that do are usually socialist and something else, like totalitarian or communist. Likewise a socialist state does not necessarily limit individual freedoms. Communist regimes have, but they're also totalitarian, so which philosophy is to blame is sometimes hard to pin down. Modern communist societies have also relaxed these restrictions significantly, though there were times when everything was forced communal.