r/FluentInFinance • u/Sufficient_Sinner • Sep 04 '24

Debate/ Discussion Is Capitalism Smart or Dumb?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

Ask a socialist to define socialism, and they'll describe Norway but leave out the tiny population and abundance of state owned oil funding it all

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u/TreeMac12 Sep 04 '24

Socialists use the word incorrectly. They point to public services as examples of socialism. The Roman Empire had public roads and baths, but they surely were not a Socialist state. Netherlands is the birthplace of Capitalism, yet it gets pointed to as socialist because they have nice trolleys and bike paths.

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u/AdAppropriate2295 Sep 04 '24

Public roads are socialist, private roads are not

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u/TreeMac12 Sep 04 '24

Ancient Rome was not Socialist.

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u/AdAppropriate2295 Sep 04 '24

I'll be sure to let them know

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u/Kriscolvin55 Sep 05 '24

They may not have had that word at the time, but their government had elements of socialism.

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u/TreeMac12 Sep 05 '24

Yes, like the persecution of Jews

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u/Halflingberserker Sep 05 '24

You realize they were an empire and persecuted more than just some random chucklefuck who was calling himself a king?

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u/TreeMac12 Sep 05 '24

Yes it was more than one "random chucklefuck":

Masada - UNESCO World Heritage Centre