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In reply to the discussion: Remember the old Soviet Union? [View all]Cleita
(75,480 posts)evil because the Soviet Union and China were evil communist states. Much was made of the virtues of capitalism against communism. Yet, capitalism and communism or its cousin socialism are actually economic systems that can operate under different kinds of government. Now as to government, we claim to prefer democracy, and when you have a blend of capitalism and socialism, even communism under a democracy you get a satisfactory result as evidenced by many of the Scandinavian nations.
We have turned from a democratic republic by making capitalism a system of government instead of making it operate under a system of democracy. It's the opposite and just as bad as the Soviet Union making communism the system of government rather than under a government that eventually turned it into a totalitarian empire.