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 @yogthos @Janne_O @carolannie @jimray too bad we can only think to lessen social spending whenever there's a little budget crisis but never raise the taxes on the very wealthy 🙃 @Janne_O @graywolf @yogthos @jimray The EU is much more socialistic than the US, with a much more constrained capitalism. So the choice isn't capitalism vs "communism a la Pol Pot". It easily could be between pretty unconstrained capitalism such as we experience in the US or constrained and regulated capitalism with a good social structure. The note about Russian threats isn't relevant to this @carolannie @graywolf @yogthos @jimray I’m in Europe, Finland to be exact. And what you are calling socialism is just capitalism with social services. Private business is still very much the cornerstone of the economy and society as a whole.  @Janne_O @carolannie @graywolf @yogthos @jimray Pretty big strikes at the moment right? And a right-wing government that doesn't like that 😈 @Janne_O @carolannie @graywolf @yogthos @jimray This! @carolannie @Janne_O @graywolf @yogthos @jimray Europe has often been more aggressively capitalist than the US. For instance, they extended copyright before we did. @DecaturNature @Janne_O @graywolf @yogthos @jimray ? this is about social policy writ large, not minutiae  @carolannie the EU doesn't have socialism, they at best have social safety nets with a capitalism economy. Workers don't collectively own their work places, people aren't guaranteed home ownership, food still has to be bought by selling ones labor to someone else. Many EU countries have health care for everyone but that alone doesn't make it socialist. |
@carolannie @graywolf @yogthos @jimray EU is very much a capitalistic society. Just one with stronger social safety nets than USA.