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♠️ Critical Nexus ✊🏿@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Why are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries?

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Why are socialist and communist countries usually considered more authoritarian than capitalist countries?

♠️ Critical Nexus ✊🏿@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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    I’d like to add that the nordic countries are not socialist by any metric.

    Also, we shouldn’t be so quick to trust western media on the DPRK, who have gotten to the point that they can literally say anything about their enemies, and have it be believed.

    • Is north korea a totalitarian dictatorship? Are they all really required to get the same haircut? A short documentary.
    • Are north korean defectors really paid to lie by the south? A short documentary.
    • What is everyday life like? A conversation with a North Korean Citizen.
    • South Korea boosts reward for defectors to $860k USD.
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      They Nordic countries type of socialism may not be a replacement for capitalism (I live in Sweden so I’d know) but works alot more like the type of socialism that’s common in Europe.

      This terminology might not be on spot but I still think the Nordic countries are what most people would refere to as at least a little bit socialist. Maybe the proper term is social democratic?

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        but works alot more like the type of socialism that’s common in Europe.

        i.e. not the socialism of Marx

        but I still think the Nordic countries are what most people would refere to as at least a little bit socialist.

        If you ignore that country with 1.4 billion people and a few others, i.e. the majority of country calling their countries socialist.

        Maybe the proper term is social democratic?

        Yes, that is the proper term

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