Wren@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoI wonder why the world is on fire? A mysterylemmy.todayimagemessage-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up11.39Karrow-down144
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1imageI wonder why the world is on fire? A mysterylemmy.todayWren@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square124linkfedilink
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoI have yet to meet a single self-described socialist willing to admit that welfare programs like universal healthcare in democratic countries are a form of socialism. Will you be my first?
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoThat’s a socialist policy implemented in a capitalist system
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoIt’s not a capitalist system or a socialist system, it’s called a mixed economy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_economy One could make the same argument about a socialist country forced to coexist and trade with a capitalist world. Absolutism gets us nowhere.
I have yet to meet a single self-described socialist willing to admit that welfare programs like universal healthcare in democratic countries are a form of socialism. Will you be my first?
That’s a socialist policy implemented in a capitalist system
It’s not a capitalist system or a socialist system, it’s called a mixed economy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_economy
One could make the same argument about a socialist country forced to coexist and trade with a capitalist world. Absolutism gets us nowhere.