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Man this debate is so US centric - as if there is only two choices: Unhinged, raging, exploitative, robber-baron capitalism OR Bolshevik Communism.
Typing this from one of the richest, strongest market economies in the world, which provides free health care, free education and generous e employment protections in the world. Everyone is happy, everyone is healthy, broadly, and capitalism exists next to a system of government that regulates to ensure the well-being of their citizens.
Social democracy people, it’s for real!!
Where do u live?
he doesn't even have the gut to post his own country name cause he knows people will tear away the farcade of bullshit of his successful social democrat country.
Wow, edgy. I was typing it from Denmark, where I don’t live (I live in the U.K.). There aren’t many metrics where Denmark isn’t out in front, and it manages it inside of a social democratic welfare state that’s also one of the easiest places in the world to do business.