• @Paddy66@lemmy.ml
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    03 days ago

    I was just in Denmark recently and it seems like that’s what they have: a capitalist society but regulated by very socialist policies like (really) high taxes. Makes sense to me - I’m probably just not using the right terminology.

      • @Paddy66@lemmy.ml
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        016 hours ago

        see, this is the problem - I’ve avoided thinking about politics forever, and now I’m not sure about the main concepts 😂

        I’ve always equated high taxes with socialism - so long as those taxes go towards services and redistribution of wealth.

        OK - so what *is *socialism? (the main tenets)

    • @Dengalicious@lemmygrad.ml
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      03 days ago

      Denmark is a capitalist country. There is nothing socialist about it. Socialism is when the workers own the means of production (directly or otherwise), not when a country provides social services, that is a social democracy.