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In America, the general view seems to be that any move from politicians to move towards economies like Denmark and Sweden are "socialist". Therefore they confla
by isostatic 8y ago
In America, the general view seems to be that any move from politicians to move towards economies like Denmark and Sweden are "socialist". Therefore they conflated to have no difference between Denmark and Venezuela and the USSR.
It's an extention of the absolutism in politics that has grown more and more, especially I think since 2008.
- soundwave106 8y agoI'm not sure why you were downvoted, this isn't entirely incorrect per se. In political dialog, too often "socialism" and "communism" are equated together in this country incorrectly. Venezuela and Sweden usually aren't directly compared together, but what happens is that failed authoritarian central-planned nations like Venezuela are often used as boogeymen against "socialism" in general, including socialist policies (like, say, a universal healthcare -- which is not socialist per se, but has some elements if there is large central planning) that have nothing to do with why Venezuela failed, and are implemented with some decent success in other countries. Heck our own current president even used Venezuela as a boogeyman against "socialism" in general fairly recently. (https://www.newsweek.com/trump-was-laughed-world-leaders-dissing-socialism-667785 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-was-laughed-world-leaders-dis...)