PK1
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Many say Scandinavian countries are “socialistic”, esp conservatives. Many right-wing even call them communist. LOL. They even support nationalistic regimes like Putin’s Russia. BTW, extreme nationalism is often seen as “Nazi”.Read your post. Socialism always means government ownership - I would have said control - of the means of production by one means or another. This condition does not exist in the Scandinavian countries.There is NOT only one definition of socialism!No, there is only one widely accepted definition about socialism and that is that the government controls the means of production, and the Scandinavian countries are not socialist. The only socialist countries in the world today are China, Cuba, Laos and Vietnam.Such a general statement; there are many forms/degrees of “socialism”.Everyone likes to get free stuff, but the people who are duped into supporting socialism simply don't understand what what it costs them in the long run.Many people don't want freedom and liberty today. They want government to give them stuff and tell them what to do like the serfs they are. Democrats all.
Those societies in Scandinavia seem to be very happy.
List of socialist states - Wikipedia
Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production and workers' self-management,[10] as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.[11] Social ownership can be public, collective or cooperativeownership, or citizen ownership of equity.[12] There are many varieties of socialism and there is no single definition encapsulating all of them,[13] with social ownership being the common element shared by its various forms.
Socialism - Wikipedia