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Depends if the state is democratic... The US government interferes all the time with private-owned industries by putting in place laws (e.g. anti-trust) and mon

by m0skit0 14y ago

Depends if the state is democratic... The US government interferes all the time with private-owned industries by putting in place laws (e.g. anti-trust) and monetary policy. So this is socialism by the US definition... There's neither free market today in any country, nor there has been one ever.

hackerboos 14y ago
Socialists of the latter definition would argue the same stating there has never been a `pure` socialist society without interference from an authoritarian government. It's utopian to expect either ideology to be implemented in `pure` form.
jchrisa 14y ago
Biggest interference in the US is oil and agriculture subsidies... you don't hear the right wing complain about that much.