Subj : Re: The stay home and not
To   : MRO
From : Otto Reverse
Date : Wed Jan 26 2022 15:57:00

 MR> they have a lot of socialist policies.

Not trying to be a jerk or sound anti-American, so please don't take it that way. But that is a very American take that has always been false. Socialism is when the government owns the means of production. Venezuela is a true socialist nation. They first nationalized the petroleum industry then when they ran out of money they nationalized other industries.

Yes socialist countries like to have lots of social programs like the Scandinavian countries. But they try to afford those social programs by said nationalization of industry. Whereas the Scandinavian countries pay for it through high taxes.  The socialists like to pretend industry will pay for it because before socialism they were greedy and corrupt. Whereas the Scandinavians know their taxes are paying for their services. They don't have any delusions about "free health care". They can read their pay stubs and tax returns. Being small mostly homogeneous countries greatly helps them too.

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