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Wouldn’t the socialist meccas be places like the Nordic countries? Strong social safety nets and workers rights, freedom of expression and religion, etc? I do
by codyb 7y ago
Wouldn’t the socialist meccas be places like the Nordic countries?
Strong social safety nets and workers rights, freedom of expression and religion, etc?
I don’t think the people who identify as woke are in favor of top down party rule which stamps out dissent and free speech and puts Muslims in organ harvesting concentration camps.
I think they’re against unfettered capitalism where wealth accrues at the top while workers rights, infrastructure, and education crumble or are taken over by private enterprises which skyrocket costs for essentials at the expense of the citizens.
Although, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a lot of black/white thinking out there in these cloisters and communities where anything capitalist is equivalent to bad, but people who can’t acknowledge that the world’s a particularly messy place full of ambiguities, well, they generally don’t make good leaders as far as I can tell.
- throwGuardian 7y agoNordic countries aren't socialist, they are regular market economies with high taxes. Those high taxes go towards healthcare for all, and a larger safety net. Quoting Denmark's PM [1]: > I know that some people in the US associate the Nordic model with some sort of socialism. Therefore I would like to make one thing clear. Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy. [1]: https://www.thelocal.dk/20151101/danish-pm-in-us-denmark-is-not-socialist https://www.thelocal.dk/20151101/danish-pm-in-us-denmark-is-...
- codyb 7y agoCertainly, but I think that Nordic model is sort of the aim. It provides socialism for essentials and capitalism for the rest with a relatively libertarian approach to personal beliefs. I know it’s my preferred model.