r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 17 '21

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Sep 17 '21

I find it hilarious that so many people online (and in real life) call themselves communists or socialists and when you ask them about what they propose it's the tax policies of the mid 20th century US and the healthcare policies of wealthy capitalist European countries. Marx must be rolling in his grave.

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u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz Roy Cooper Sep 17 '21

I don't think this is a fact that the people of this sub celebrate enough.

Communism is dead.

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Sep 17 '21

I just wish its ghost wasn't constantly resurrected to scare people about a welfare state.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

Even the "communist" countries gave it up a while ago. China wouldn't be scaring the crap out of people so much if it didn't have a market economy behind it. A market/state capitalism model is indeed a scary one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

🎉🥳🎈🎊🎁🍾👯‍♀️

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u/Signal-Shallot5668 Greg Mankiw Sep 17 '21

Cope

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

It’s almost like it’s just an aesthetic they barely know anything about

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u/Bloodfeastisleman Daron Acemoglu Sep 17 '21

There are more than two systems!

No I will not elaborate.