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[–] Horrux ago 

There are many actually socialist countries where the happy and prosperous, educated and safe people look down on the USA and its economic system. Only it's not what your meme says "socialism" is.

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[–] lettersofmarque [S] ago 

I wouldn't consider a capitalist society with some business regulation to be socialist but I respect your interpretation of it. I consider socialist to be where most contributors to gdp are operated by the state and that was my reference for the meme.

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[–] Horrux ago  (edited ago)

Well this isn't about what YOU or I consider to be this or that. It's about WHAT WORDS MEAN. You can't change the meaning of a word and then use it seriously.

As such, ANY kind of regulation of business or capitalism that seeks to curtail inequity IS A SOCIALIST POLICY. <--- PERIOD! That's what it means!

Does it mean "it's a purely socialist country"? Well no, obviously. It's like the people in the USA have been brainwashed that "socialism = bad" so any mention of "socialist" seems to mean to them "EXTREME ABSOLUTE FANATICAL SOCIALISM". Black or white but grey doesn't exist.