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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by gamblor956 on Monday March 20, 2023 @07:37PM (#35240448)
it is telling that people who escaped communist countries never want to see any sign of communism in their life. Because communism doesnt work, never worked, and will never work

Oddly enough, I don't see too many former communists movie to Somalia or Ethiopia or Afghanistan. Former communists seem to favor the EU and the US, where we have heavily socialized large aspects of our public life (health care, etc.)

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by slt2021 on Monday March 20, 2023 @07:51PM (#35240583)
Are you saying USA has socialized healthcare? Perhaps, but only if you are poor (medicaid) or very old (medicare), or risked your life for military service (VA), and even then the wuality and access is not very good (just like anything socialized)

Looks more like minimum safety net, rather than socialism

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by gamblor956 on Monday March 20, 2023 @08:37PM (#35240965)
A minimum safety net is a form of socialism...

There is no concept of "safety net" in capitalism.

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Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts by nerdponx on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @07:53AM (#35244987)
Neither socialism nor capitalism has any bearing on the existence of state social services one way or another.
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