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Every socialist country is or will be a cautionary tale.
by whistlecrackers 9y ago
Every socialist country is or will be a cautionary tale.
- Angostura 9y agoHow are you defining socialist country, here?
- ptaipale 9y agoI'll let whistlecrackers make his own definition, but I'd say: - problem is not that a country has some socialist policies - problem is not that a country has a party with "socialism" in its name in the government - problems definitely start to appear when a country has an autocratic government, whether it was originally "socialist" or "bolivarian" or whatever; an autocratic government then typically adapts some sort of "socialism" in its name in order to justify the autocracy, the choking of free markets, the political redistribution of resources, ad-hoc top-down responses to the economic problems that eventually come up, and the suppression of free media to hide the increasing problems.
- MadSudaca 9y agoYet we still don't learn the lesson after all the countries that have bit the dust.
- dang 9y agoGeneric ideological tangents may not destroy countries but they sure make internet forums suck. This is not what we want here, so please don't post like this.