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RevenTexX 7 points ago +8 / -1

Norway is a market economy, with a government that loves to tax the ever living shit out of their people in the name of social benefits.

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RevenTexX 2 points ago +3 / -1

The Norwegian economy is generally characterized as a mixed economy - a capitalist market economy with a clear component of state influence. As in the rest of Western Europe, the expansion of most industry in Norway has largely been governed by private property rights and the private sector.

Here So in other words, Norway is a Capitalist country that offers more social benefits through taxation, You're confusing yourself as that's not what Socialism is, social benefits within a Capitalist country is not socialism. They have not abolished private industry.

Can you please name one legitimate socialist country that offers private healthcare and education? I'll wait.

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Eu-is-socialist [S] 1 point ago +3 / -2

To quote the article :

Norway is the most socialist country in the developed world and, not coincidentally, the happiest country in the world according to the UN’s 2017 World Happiness Report.

In addition to its oil fund, which is exclusively invested outside of the country, the Norwegian government owns around one-third of the domestic stock market and 70 state-owned enterprises, which were valued at 88 percent of the country’s annual GDP in 2012.

Yep not socialist at all.

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RevenTexX 1 point ago +2 / -1

they have not abolished private industry, they still offer privatized benefits like healthcare and education, socialist countries do not. They are a market economy that simply has more government benefits than the U.S.

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Eu-is-socialist [S] 0 points ago +1 / -1

Did you know that the soviet union had private business ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprises_in_the_Soviet_Union

Fuck even the soviet union wasn't socialist.

Communism wasn't tried , socialism wasn't tried.

I'm so wrong. :'(

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RevenTexX 1 point ago +2 / -1

Private ownership of enterprises and property had essentially remained illegal throughout the Soviet era, with Soviet communism emphasizing national control over all means of production but human labor.

Here

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Eu-is-socialist [S] -1 points ago +1 / -2

Yes most of the property was seized but not completely.

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RevenTexX 0 points ago +1 / -1

Yes, you could own a cafe, you could not however innovate the medical industry through your own company, you could not open an education facility and teach kids privately.

You could not start a gas or electricity company and make utility prices competitive.

Only select people could own farms, and what was the main cause of the downfall of the agriculture in the soviet union? Correct, GOVERNMENT Mismanagement.

The main source of agricultural problems in the Soviet Union was government mismanagement of production.

Also, to correct you. It's 100% Communism that has not been tried, socialism HAS been tried.

You're confusing yourself, the soviet union hated capitalism, what is it you don't understand?

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Eu-is-socialist [S] 0 points ago +1 / -1

I get it. So the thing that makes a country socialist or not . is being allowed to innovate in the medical industry.

Not THE GOVERNMENT OWNING THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF THE WEALTH , Or the GOVERNMENT TAXING EVERYONE UP TO 60%. Got it.

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Eu-is-socialist [S] -1 points ago +1 / -2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprises_in_the_Soviet_Union So this guys weren't socialist either ?

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Eu-is-socialist [S] -1 points ago +1 / -2

Are you fucking idiotic ? Fuck you and your socialism. You move there if you think government owning most of the wealth isn't socialism.

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Eu-is-socialist [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

You sure are on something strong.

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FreedomFromGovt 4 points ago +4 / -0

"Norway is the most socialist country in the developed world and, not coincidentally, the happiest country in the world according to the UN’s 2017 World Happiness Report."

If (and that's a big if) that's even remotely true, it'll be because of 2 reasons:

  1. It's a monocultural country whose government is absolutely and scrupulously honest.

  2. Its suicide rate has been artificially bolstering its happiness index.

I want to see statistics.

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Eu-is-socialist [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

This was meant to be a jab at norway . :| But it seems that even government ownership being so high doesn't count as socialism anymore ::|

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Eazi 1 point ago +2 / -1

Easy to do in a country with vast oil reserves of high quality oil and a population of 5,000,000. Still is not Socialist.

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DaRealTravis -1 points ago +1 / -2

Only whites can make socialism work I think.