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Re:Venezuelans Skeptical of Maduro's Latest Measures to Salv... by yongjik on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @03:49PM (#17821508)
That's all fine and dandy, but then so many Americans turn around and call universal healthcare socialism, never mind that it's implemented in pretty much every West European Country that are decidedly non-socialist according to your criterion.

You can't use "socialism" to mean "Venezuela, and only Venezuela (well, maybe Cuba)" and then "anything that gives more power to the US federal government". Choose one. (I'm not saying you do, but so many people do.)

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Re:Venezuelans Skeptical of Maduro's Latest Measures to Salv... by lainga on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @04:08PM (#17821693)
I fail to see how that relates to the GP's argument. You just brought up something else that Americans do.
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Re:Venezuelans Skeptical of Maduro's Latest Measures to Salv... by yongjik on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @04:56PM (#17822114)
The problem is that when people debate whether socialist countries are bound to fail, everybody has their own definition of socialism.

From what I've seen, many people who believe the "danger" of socialism are also quite convinced that the US is in the danger of slipping into socialism. Why that doesn't happen in Sweden is left as exercise.

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