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France, Denmark, Finland and Sweden all qualify for most American definitions of the term "Socialist".
by PaulRobinson 7y ago
France, Denmark, Finland and Sweden all qualify for most American definitions of the term "Socialist".
- Turing_Machine 7y agoNo, they do not. All of those countries have market economies.
- busterarm 7y agoDon't bother, the rose emoji socialists in this country don't know the difference between socialism and social democracy.
- mercer 7y agoEven Lenin, of all people, argued in favor of a (regulated) market economy. It's a weird of inverse no-true-scotsman argument. I haven't met many socialists who argue in favor of a fully centralized economy. The big discussion, I suppose, is how much should be regulated, and which parts of our society should be 'markets'.
- solarkraft 7y agoNot the real definition, but the definition in most americans' heads. Many probably also conflate those with communism.
- jefurii 7y agoGood point. Update: "social democracy" is probably a better term here.
- LegitShady 7y agoThose are all market economies. You're are factually incorrect and trying to cover it using "American definitions". None of those places are socialist and will actively tell you so if asked.
- viklove 7y agoNone of those places are capitalist either, and they will actively tell you so if asked.
- LegitShady 7y agoThis is nonsense. In fact last election the pm or Norway actively had to say that they were not socialist because Bernie kept repeating it.
- viklove 7y agoBernie never said that, only people like you. Norway follows a system of democratic socialism, which is colloquially referred to as "socialism" by some. They're definitely not capitalistic. You're just presenting the exact same strawman in a different way! It's clear you're arguing in bad faith, so I'm just gonna leave it at that.