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Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by honkhonkpants on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:23PM (#12116535)
How about the interstate highway system then? As far as I can tell, it is pure socialism.
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Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by clarkmoody on Monday July 18, 2016 @03:39PM (#12117572)
The interstate system is a tax and spend program. If you're equating government spending with socialism, then you should probably revisit your understanding of each.

Some classify roads as a public good[1]. Of course, there are private roads as well.

The government owns the interstates, but that is just property, not a means of production.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good

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Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by kiba on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:38PM (#12116671)
It is also in some way, a disaster, but I think that's more about implementation rather than the use of public money.
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