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The problem using Sweden as an example of a socialist model that works?
Sweden aināt socialist
Democratic socialists like Bolshevik Bernie Sanders and Karla Marx (LOL) (AOC) can no longer point to Venezuela as a socialist model that works because it failed so miserably, so they now hold up Sweden, Denmark, and Norway as their preferred examples of democratic socialism that supposedly works.
If Sanders and OcasioāCortez really want to turn America into Sweden, what would that look like? For the United States, it would mean, for example:
1. More free trade
2. A more deregulated product market
3. No Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
4. The abolition of occupational licensing and minimum wage laws
5. The abolition of taxes on property, gifts, and inheritance
6. Even after the recent tax cut, America would still have to slightly reduce its corporate tax
7. America would need to reform Social Security from defined benefits to defined contributions and introduce private accounts
8. The US would also need to adopt a comprehensive school voucher system where private schools get the same perāpupil funding as public ones.
If this is socialism, call me comrade.
Sweden aināt socialist
Democratic socialists like Bolshevik Bernie Sanders and Karla Marx (LOL) (AOC) can no longer point to Venezuela as a socialist model that works because it failed so miserably, so they now hold up Sweden, Denmark, and Norway as their preferred examples of democratic socialism that supposedly works.
If Sanders and OcasioāCortez really want to turn America into Sweden, what would that look like? For the United States, it would mean, for example:
1. More free trade
2. A more deregulated product market
3. No Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
4. The abolition of occupational licensing and minimum wage laws
5. The abolition of taxes on property, gifts, and inheritance
6. Even after the recent tax cut, America would still have to slightly reduce its corporate tax
7. America would need to reform Social Security from defined benefits to defined contributions and introduce private accounts
8. The US would also need to adopt a comprehensive school voucher system where private schools get the same perāpupil funding as public ones.
If this is socialism, call me comrade.