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Old 07-07-2017, 12:33 PM   #5975
Makarov
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Originally Posted by Illuminaughty View Post
"So if it's a hard comparison to make, then why do you keep asserting it as if it's an objective truth.? You've clearly made the comparison based on something but you can't tell me what that something is, other than that the Soviet-style socialism was a massive failure, and even that is a very basic and ahistorical perspective."
Good grief. Here you go:

Soviet-style socialism was a massive failure. I do not believe that the Soviet Union is a good economic or political model for the United States or Canada to emulate.

Happy? Can we start to discuss reasonable non-centrally-planned-economy proposals for government intervention in the economy now (like progressive income tax codes and a single payer healthcare model) in the economy now
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