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Pretty much every remotely developed country is capitalist. The wealthiest country with a non-capitalist economy is Cuba or Turkmenistan, depending on where you

Pretty much every remotely developed country is capitalist. The wealthiest country with a non-capitalist economy is Cuba or Turkmenistan, depending on where you draw the line.

asdff 5mo ago
Uhh, China...
- ashdksnndck 4mo ago
  US has a higher government spending as a % of GDP than China.
  - asdff 4mo ago
    Yeah our military is a good example of what a centrally planned communist US might look like.
    - ashdksnndck 4mo ago
      US military spending is 3% of GDP. This has me wondering, do people think the military is 1/3 of the US economy? That would explain a lot of discourse.
geysersam 4mo ago
The context of this discussion is Brazil and the intentions of the socialist Brazilian government. Are you claiming that the socialist party in Brazil intends to dismantle capitalism? In case you are unaware, countries can have capitalist economic systems and still have significant socialist traits like: large public sectors, state enterprises for natural monopolies and important industries, subsidized education and healthcare, etc.
- ashdksnndck 4mo ago
  My previous comment came off as disagreement that I didn’t intend. Most countries in the world are both socialist and capitalist. I don’t intend to defend the “socialism bad” argument. There are several countries (many in Europe) that have great outcomes while being about as socialist as left-wing Latin American governments. I think a fairer criticism is some of the Latin American parties have a track record of flawed implementation that caused distrust among a lot of the population.
- _3u10 4mo ago
  For a system with subsidized education there’s a strangely high number of doctors from Brazil getting their education in Paraguay.
NoGravitas 4mo ago
Also depends on how you define capitalism, and whether you consider Socialism with Chinese Characteristics to be capitalist.

Pretty much every remotely developed country is capitalist. The wealthiest country with a non-capitalist economy is Cuba or Turkmenistan, depending on where you draw the line.

asdff 5mo ago

Uhh, China...

ashdksnndck 4mo ago
US has a higher government spending as a % of GDP than China.
- asdff 4mo ago
  Yeah our military is a good example of what a centrally planned communist US might look like.
  - ashdksnndck 4mo ago
    US military spending is 3% of GDP. This has me wondering, do people think the military is 1/3 of the US economy? That would explain a lot of discourse.

geysersam 4mo ago

The context of this discussion is Brazil and the intentions of the socialist Brazilian government. Are you claiming that the socialist party in Brazil intends to dismantle capitalism? In case you are unaware, countries can have capitalist economic systems and still have significant socialist traits like: large public sectors, state enterprises for natural monopolies and important industries, subsidized education and healthcare, etc.

ashdksnndck 4mo ago
My previous comment came off as disagreement that I didn’t intend. Most countries in the world are both socialist and capitalist. I don’t intend to defend the “socialism bad” argument. There are several countries (many in Europe) that have great outcomes while being about as socialist as left-wing Latin American governments. I think a fairer criticism is some of the Latin American parties have a track record of flawed implementation that caused distrust among a lot of the population.
_3u10 4mo ago
For a system with subsidized education there’s a strangely high number of doctors from Brazil getting their education in Paraguay.

NoGravitas 4mo ago

Also depends on how you define capitalism, and whether you consider Socialism with Chinese Characteristics to be capitalist.