every time bernie says denmark is a socialist country, an angel loses its wings (hat tip @Altimor for the thorough answer here, unfortunately once again relevant)https://www.quora.com/What-do-libertarians-think-of-prosperous-yet-largely-socialist-Scandinavian-countries/answer/Florent-Crivello …
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or maybe it's a false binary? all Western countries have parts of their economies that are socialized and parts that are free market. the debate is over which parts and to what degree. pretending that everyone who wants more socialism wants 100% socialism is silly
it's not a false binary. you either live in a country in which industry is controlled privately or you don't. bernie sanders has a long history of espousing real socialism - the nationalization of most industry in this country. what he wants is absolutely nothing like scandinavia
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"oh but 'democratic socialism.'" that is a made up thing. socialism is almost *always* democratic. but once dominant it necessarily, to sustain itself, collapses into dictatorship. and no, "democratic socialists" aren't running scandinavia.
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so hypothetically, if I said I favor free markets in most industries but I want single-payer healthcare and the government in charge of education, which side of your non-false binary am I on?
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