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Ron Stockton's avatar

You need to find out what socialism is. Russia is not. As for Cuba and Venezuela, if it were not for decades long sanctions and coup plots imposed by the capitalist American Empire and its vassal states, they would be doing very well. Given the illegal sanctions and attacks imposed on them, they are doing better than one might expect. For example, lower maternal death rates than the fascist USA, free health care, and higher literacy rates than the USA.

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Katy's avatar
Feb 1Edited

Absolutely agree with this whole post, but would like to add to your 'idle layabouts' section that having a social safety net for those that cannot work for whatever reason or cannot earn as much as is necessary to live actually benefits the whole society - important not to fall into the thinking that only 'workers' deserve protection, especially when so much work is unpaid in any case. Protecting against having destitution in your society lowers crime and increases trust and overall contentment among citizens.

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