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[wufwugy]

Since when is Denmark not "socialist"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_model

Even the link doesn't. Social democracy is not exactly socialism. Similar roots, but in practice they're a bit different.

http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=30886

You can find lots of posts by this economist (as well as others) discussing the issue and related ones. Denmark (and Sweden and basically all of Scandinavia more or less) is in a lot of ways a capitalist utopia relative to the US. Overall the region is more capitalist than the US. Its tax policies and regulations are substantially more market oriented and capitalist friendly than here.

[CoccoBill]

Even the link doesn't. Social democracy is not exactly socialism. Similar roots, but in practice they're a bit different.

http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=30886

You can find lots of posts by this economist (as well as others) discussing the issue and related ones. Denmark (and Sweden and basically all of Scandinavia more or less) is in a lot of ways a capitalist utopia relative to the US. Overall the region is more capitalist than the US. Its tax policies and regulations are substantially more market oriented and capitalist friendly than here.

So only countries that have a political party called "socialist party" or otherwise identify as "socialist" are socialist? I'd politely disagree. Social democracy is a form of government with a mixture of socialist and capitalist social and economic policies. If we go by that blogger's definition, Soviet Union wasn't socialist and USA was for a long time.

[wufwugy]

So only countries that have a political party called "socialist party" or otherwise identify as "socialist" are socialist? I'd politely disagree. Social democracy is a form of government with a mixture of socialist and capitalist social and economic policies. If we go by that blogger's definition, Soviet Union wasn't socialist and USA was for a long time.

im not terribly concerned with the terminology. however, his opinion is more reflective of those who study this stuff for a living.