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socialist_n_TN

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6. Yep. That's what a planned socialist economy would strive for.......
Wed May 25, 2016, 09:38 AM
May 2016

serving people rather than profit. Even a more radical social democracy could actually call for that. Not the ones we have today mind you, but a radical version of SYRIZA that advocates putting people over profits, but still says we can do it and keep capitalism. Actually, I guess that's what SYRIZA DID advocate for originally. But when they got into power, they were faced with the realization that the capitalists wouldn't ALLOW them to put people over profits. So they faced that choice and were forced to choose profits over people BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN KEEPING CAPITALISM.

That's what I meant about if you keep capitalism, you have to keep the RULES of capitalism. And the rules of capitalism says you can't have social democratic programs (people over profits) anymore.

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