Don't be a putz John. - The nordic model is not socialism. It's strong social welfare programs that are funded by capitalism. The US already has a less robust version of what the nordic countries have. I have no problem with a debate about how robust our social welfare programs should be. I am absolutely opposed to the socialism (government control of the means of production, distribution and sales) that Bernie, the Squat and others want.JohnStOnge wrote:They want the Nordic model. Conservatives like to say that the Nordic model isn't socialism. They can't say it's socialist because then they'd have to say that there are examples of socialism working pretty well. And maybe it's not socialism. But that's what Sanders & Co. are arguing for. That's the kind of government they want.
BTW, if somebody tries to establish the Nordic model in the United States conservatives are going to call it socialism.
FYI - I've read complaints by ctrl-lefters about the profits the pharmaceutical companies will make from covid-19 vaccines. What these idiots don't understand is that the possibility of profit is what drove the rapid development of vaccines. It is extremely unlikely that they would have been developed nearly as quickly in a socialist system.
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