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Ganja Ninja

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4. North Korea is a dictatorship.

Reply to rayofreason (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 10, 2012, 02:05 PM

Apr 2012

They don't have an economic system. It's pretty much slavery for all.

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Report sheds fresh light on North Korean gulag [View all] alp227 Apr 2012 OP

This is a feature, not a bug, in socialism. rayofreason Apr 2012 #1

I smell pizza coming... Odin2005 Apr 2012 #2

I'm a thick crust type. n/t rayofreason Apr 2012 #3

North Korea is a dictatorship. Ganja Ninja Apr 2012 #4

That's true. Daniel537 Apr 2012 #10

I believe you're confusing... LanternWaste Apr 2012 #5

The empirical evidence is quite clear. rayofreason Apr 2012 #8

I believe many of the market socialist states in western Europe LanternWaste Apr 2012 #16

They all enthusiastically embrace capitalism. hack89 Apr 2012 #23

You're thinking about Communism and state ownership chrisa Apr 2012 #6

Agreed. A feature, not a bug. n/t rayofreason Apr 2012 #12

No, Zippy, it is a bug in Stalinism hifiguy Apr 2012 #7

Big difference between Sweden/Denmark and North Korea/Cuba. Daniel537 Apr 2012 #9

Those are capitalist democracies... rayofreason Apr 2012 #11

They are in fact considered "mixed markets" LanternWaste Apr 2012 #18

Agreed... rayofreason Apr 2012 #25

At least these trolls can spell hifiguy Apr 2012 #13

Since when does one have to be a Marxist to be a progressive? Daniel537 Apr 2012 #14

One doesn't need to be, hifiguy Apr 2012 #17

Having lived in both Sweden and Cuba, i can tell you they are nothing alike. Daniel537 Apr 2012 #19

I never said anything about Cuba being a paradise, hifiguy Apr 2012 #20

I never said you did, but since you support the ideas of Marx Daniel537 Apr 2012 #21

I reiterate, that the think I find most compelling hifiguy Apr 2012 #28

Ah, you admit defeat!!! rayofreason Apr 2012 #22

Peddle your papers elsewhere, orc. hifiguy Apr 2012 #29

Ah, the religious.... rayofreason Apr 2012 #31

No. Do you know anything about Sweden? Quantess Apr 2012 #15

Sweden unabashedly embraces capitalism - lots of large private corporations hack89 Apr 2012 #24

+1 Daniel537 Apr 2012 #26

Perfect balances are illusions. rayofreason Apr 2012 #27

If you would like to open up the entire Swedish lifestyle up for discussion, that's fine, but Quantess Apr 2012 #30

You said there is a lot of socialism in Sweden hack89 Apr 2012 #32

Oh, I'm not saying it isn't true. Sweden loves capitalism. Quantess Apr 2012 #33

I certainly agree with you there. nt hack89 Apr 2012 #35

I'm sure none of the goods made by slave labor OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #34