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I really don't think the only options are US style socialism for the elites and austerity for the rest versus USSR totalitarianism. Just look at any other deve
by gmadsen 5y ago
I really don't think the only options are US style socialism for the elites and austerity for the rest versus USSR totalitarianism.
Just look at any other developed country in the world to see more reasonable social welfare programs
- option 5y agothis is false dichotomy invoked every time in discussions like these. Totalitarianism is a property of political system, not economic one. South Korea was not democracy by any stretch of imagination for quite some time. China is totalitarian but very capitalist in most of their economy, hence their success. Also - do not confuse socialism (as in economic system) and social democracy (political system).
- gmadsen 5y agoI didn't give a dichotomy, I called out one. A straw man was given that any sort of reform is paramount to big S Socialism which """has failed every time its been tried""" Political systems are not separate from economic ones.