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minus-squarewolfarine@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down2·9 hours agoSo the “elected” government is trying to control prices? Isn’t that the definition of socialism?
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 hours agoIt’s an element of a planned economy which has been more commonly used in authoritarian socialist countries but isn’t exclusive to them. (Fun fact because I just looked it up: There doesn’t seem to be one generally accepted definition of “socialism”.)
minus-squareTigeroovy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·9 hours agoSocialism is only bad when the left does it.
So the “elected” government is trying to control prices? Isn’t that the definition of socialism?
It’s an element of a planned economy which has been more commonly used in authoritarian socialist countries but isn’t exclusive to them.
(Fun fact because I just looked it up: There doesn’t seem to be one generally accepted definition of “socialism”.)
Socialism is only bad when the left does it.
No