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[–]MiyegomboBayartsogt 3 ポイント4 ポイント

Concise, correct, conclusive.

[–]Michaeldwiles 3 ポイント4 ポイント

This might get downvotes by I think the record shows that both capitalism and socialism can work in a country if politicians work for the good of the people. Norway works well as a socialist country and Germany works well as a capitalist country. One could argue that politicians are fairly responsible in these countries and work to make citizens lives better.

Contrast that with American style capitalism and Chinese style socialism (communism) and you see how these systems fail when politicians work to enrich themselves and their peers in the private sector.

[–]duckduckbeer 4 ポイント5 ポイント

Norway works well as a socialist country

Norway is not a socialist country. It has very strong property laws and corporate freedoms. Socialism is public ownership of the means of production. There are no rich socialist countries in the world's history that I'm aware of.

http://www.heritage.org/index/country/norway

[–]louky 3 ポイント4 ポイント

[–]Michaeldwiles 0 ポイント1 ポイント

Oh, we are going to play it that way. Ok, well if Norway is capitalist than I totally agree with capitalism, and think it can be the best system. However, there are countries that purport to be capitalist which don't work well for anyone but the richest citizens.

[–]legalizehazing[S] 0 ポイント1 ポイント

"Works"

  1. Social capital will decay.
  2. They can only "work" when they exist with freer markets leading the way. Without a freer market innovating and hashing out best practices they would stagnate -- faster.