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Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by stale2002 on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:37PM (#12116661)
Just because a country has high taxes and a social safety net doesn't mean its socialist.

Socialism is collective ownership of the means of production. Which always has significant societal drawbacks.

Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by elbasti on Monday July 18, 2016 @02:15PM (#12117008)
In Norway, the means of production of petroleum is state-owned (majority at least), well managed, and will provide for the social safety of Norwegians for many, many, many years.

So there _are_ countries with genuine socialist policies that--while contentious and somewhat controversial--are nothing like the Venezuelan catastrophe.

Re:My Venezuela Nightmare: A 30-Day Hunt for Food in a Starv... by antisthenes on Monday July 18, 2016 @05:16PM (#12118107)
> Socialism is collective ownership of the means of production. Which always has significant societal drawbacks.

Citation about developed countries where it is true desperately needed.