10-28-2017, 07:22 PM
(10-27-2017, 03:13 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: <snip>
Roughly the same number applies to modern social democracies and modern capitalist democracies, yes; the US and European countries hover around one half. That wasn't true in the 1930s, though. In the 1930s, there were still truly socialist countries, not just wimpy social democracies; in addition to Nazi Germany there was the Soviet Union, which like Communist China under Mao was almost fully socialist, with the number close to one. Yes, they were doomed eventually to collapse, but that process took decades.
From an economic standpoint, the US is closer to Nazi Germany than China is. From a political standpoint, China is closer, since the US isn't authoritarian, but socialism is an economic attribute, not a political one.
1. The US is a flawed democracy and a Neocon addled war state.
2. I certainly agree the US is more like Nazi Germany than China, because ... neoliberalism.
Lamestream media, do your fucking job and clue us in on these fucking wars of choice!
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