Comment on There's Nothing Green About Socialism - HumanProgress

• Sl00k@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Nordic countries are currently blowing the US out of the water on every measurable metric so you might want to rethink that argument.

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  • traveler01@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Nordic countries are not socialist.

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    • what_is_a_name@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sounds like your definition of “socialism” is (like Cato’s) “a state that is easy to criticise”. ACS did are some of the most socialist governments. They are clever about it for sure but that is why they are so inconvenient. Hell look as Norway socialising profits a from oil exploration to lift an entire nation out of poverty.

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    • psud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You what, mate? They’re among the most socialist nations in the world, more so than Argentina or China

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      • traveler01@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They are social democracies. Even Wikipedia makes it clear.

        Dunno where people got the idea these countries where socialist.

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• psud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  France?

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  • traveler01@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    French economy is not a good example, as far as I know it’s stagnated.

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    • what_is_a_name@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You clearly know very little.

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      • traveler01@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The data shows it’s stagnated. It’s a common symptom between western european economies. The more they lean left, the worse their economy gets:

        Their GDP

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• Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Most of Western Europe have social programs (free education, free healthcare, etc.) and made it. The G7 counts France, Germany and Italy

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  • traveler01@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Having social welfare doesn’t make a country socialist.

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