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[–] BoiseNTheHood 4 points 5 points (+9|-4) ago 

Socialism will never be "executed properly." Economies can't function without resources being allocated in a rational manner, and that is only possible under capitalism and free markets.

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[–] the-gerbil-in-my-bum 6 points -5 points (+1|-6) ago  (edited ago)

socialism is the rational manner; the problem is that humans arent rational

why capitalism works so well isnt because of it being rational but, its because it imitates human nature.

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[–] fagnig 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Can we stop pretending that socialism in general is a bad thing, if executed properly. Venezuela is just another thinly veiled and extremely corrupt dictatorship, nothing more.

What Socialist states, ones without a capitalist economic system, have been a success?

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[–] twitch1982 6 points -1 points (+5|-6) ago 

Right? look at how often Britain, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Iceland, and Norway run out of toilet paper. There's also varying degrees of socialism, Venezuela actually had government ownership of the means of production, very different from anything being proposed in America or any currently "socialist" state.

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[–] TheDude2 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago  (edited ago)

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/425800/bernie-sanders-socialist-success-sweden

Have you seen parts of Sweden lately? Apparently Socialism works when you attach it being Nationalistic.