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Which places are those? What definition of socialism are you using?
by claudiawerner 8y ago
Which places are those? What definition of socialism are you using?
- sparkie 8y agoVenezuela, Cuba, Mauritania, Laos, North Korea, to name a few. China is communist in name only. It's a capitalist economy which has enabled them to grow economically. Similarly with Vietnam, they're still recovering from the effects of communism, but it hasn't gone entirely. Obviously, there is a spectrum, because some socialist policies exist everywhere. The point where socialism becomes anti-capitalism is where things start turn sour quite quickly.
- dang 8y agoI really appreciate that your current account has become far more civil in its postings to HN, but as far as I can tell it's still a single-purpose account that is interested only in discussing Marxist ideology (broadly construed). That's still not a legitimate use of Hacker News. Both the single-purpose part and the ideology part are too predictable to fit comfortably with intellectual curiosity, the main value of this site.
- claudiawerner 8y agoI understand the concern, I'll post less about that from now on. I mean it!
- amaccuish 8y agoI always find your comments interesting :(