Wren@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoI wonder why the world is on fire? A mysterylemmy.todayimagemessage-square126linkfedilinkarrow-up11.4Karrow-down144
arrow-up11.36Karrow-down1imageI wonder why the world is on fire? A mysterylemmy.todayWren@lemmy.today to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square126linkfedilink
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoThen you met someone who is socialist and idiot; Please don’t lump everyone together, you just look like an idiot if you do so
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days 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-down1·2 days agoThat’s a socialist policy implemented in a capitalist system
minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days 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.
Then you met someone who is socialist and idiot;
Please don’t lump everyone together, you just look like an idiot if you do so
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.