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Spain is completely broke as it is. The amount of money the socialists of this country waste is astonishing.

• systemvoltage 4y ago
  Goverment dependence and eradication of normal transportation means in the name of some cause. That doesn't sound too appealing to me. The pace at which socialism on HN and progressive circles is being propelled is quite alarming. The same hand that feeds us, Capitalism, that's now being exercised in Asia to lift people out of poverty at an astonishing rate; the same hand is being bitten off by people who are enamored with the emotional appeal of socialism. It is too easy to sell socialism to public. An entire generation of people who value emotions over rational thought. Worth reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/opinion/david-brooks-capitalism.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/opinion/david-brooks-capi...
  • throwrqX 4y ago
    Countries like China are not capitalist. They may use some aspects of capitalist systems but the political systems there are thoroughly authoritarian communist.
    • systemvoltage 4y ago
      What are you talking about? China's economy is absolutely capitalist, even modeled in the same way (Shenzhen economic zone akin to Ireland's) with some state intervention as of late. China's adoption of capitalism, as well as post-1991 India, is the precise reason for flourishment and lifting millions of people out of poverty. https://hbr.org/2021/05/americans-dont-know-how-capitalist-china-is https://hbr.org/2021/05/americans-dont-know-how-capitalist-c... What other countries "like China"?
• Elinvynia 4y ago
  Do workers own the means of production in Spain? If not, then well, they are not socialists.
  • hgazx 4y ago
    The party is called the socialist worker party, so we call them socialists.