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hack89

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24. Sweden unabashedly embraces capitalism - lots of large private corporations

Reply to Quantess (Reply #15)

Tue Apr 10, 2012, 03:26 PM

Apr 2012

very little government ownership of the means of production.

They have simply found the perfect balance between government, labor and corporations. And they understand government's responsibility to look after it's citizens. I would love America to be more like Sweden. But pure market capitalism is what produces the wealth that makes Sweden work.

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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