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Is there a good example of socialism?
by glimshe 2y ago
Is there a good example of socialism?
- rswskg 2y agolol, no.
- Malcolmlisk 2y agoThe DDR.
- dgrin91 2y agoEast Germany? Why do you call that a good example of socialism? Post-wall coming down it was mostly East Germans coming to West Germany, less of the reverse. Even today the eastern half of Germany is typically socioeconomically lower on most stats, and a lot of that stems from decades of decisions made in DDR.
- lajosbacs 2y ago* actually deleted my reply, a non-troll cannot say this
- jbaber 2y agoIs this ironic?
- glimshe 2y agoTrue, the Stasi was indeed pretty good at what they did.
- imtringued 2y agoI'm not sure it falls under socialism, but I always enjoy reading about the "Miracle of Wörgl" and Wörgl's mayor Unterguggenberger. There is even a movie about it! https://unterguggenberger.org/the-free-economy-experiment-of-woergl-1932-1933/ https://unterguggenberger.org/the-free-economy-experiment-of...
- Heliodex 2y agoI'm unsure as well but either way this is fascinating; I've only ever heard the term 'scrip' used with negative connotations so this seems like a very refreshing change. The way the currency value was kept stable also looks to me like a great benefit. Welp, now I gotta write a blockchain that tries to match this experiment as closely as possible
- FactKnower69 2y agoLook up "largest economies by purchasing power", then write me a long reply hemming and hawing about how that's not real socialism
- adastra22 2y agoThe 'socialism' that Chomsky is defending is Soviet, not Scandinavian.
- iraqmtpizza 2y ago[dead]