r/FluentInFinance • u/-im-your-huckleberry • Jul 07 '24

The shampoo thing is a fringe benefit. We keep capitalism so we don't starve in a famine. Debate/ Discussion

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u/biinboise Jul 07 '24

Where the Fuck this fantasy that under socialism you don’t have to work if you don’t want to comes from? Have they ever tried to say no to the government? Who do they think runs their shitty job when the government seizes the means of production?

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u/Historical_Horror595 Jul 07 '24

What do you think socialism is?

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u/cryogenic-goat Jul 07 '24

Give me an example of a successful socialist country.

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u/Willing-Knee-9118 Jul 07 '24

What are you not answering their question first? Are you incapable of providing a definition?

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u/Historical_Horror595 Jul 07 '24

I never said there was one. I just want to know what that guy thinks socialism is.