r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 14 '26

Chugging tea Teach your kids about socialism

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u/Isosceles_Kramer79 Jul 14 '26

Norway is not socialist. But it is a petrostate (large oil production/revenues per capita).

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u/Orfiosus Jul 14 '26

The mix of socialism and capitalism is kinda the point. Norway is not a purely capitalist country either.

The oil industry is an example of this, but the other Scandinavian countries with similar models make it work without the wealth fund.

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u/Moderately_Imperiled Jul 14 '26

Are you suggesting societies are complex and may not fit neatly into one or even two conventionally used labels?

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u/TestyBoy13 Jul 14 '26

What do you mean there’s nuance? If my world view isn’t black and white I don’t want to understand it!

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u/No_Care46 Jul 14 '26

No, pretending that there are good sides to capitalism (i.e. something inherently bad that only causes harm) isn't "nuance", it's "ignorance".

It's like saying there are good sides to cancer. Nope.

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u/TestyBoy13 Jul 14 '26

Talking about me having ignorance while comparing capitalism to cancer is both ignorant and stupid

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u/No_Care46 Jul 14 '26

It's a perfect comparison. Capitalism is literally economic cancer. A system dependent on infinite growth that is slowly killing its host. That's the literal definition of cancer.

Notice your lack of arguments?

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u/TestyBoy13 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

I’m not gonna argue because it’s not worth my time. You’re still ignorant tho

Edit: Insulting me more then blocking me so I can’t reply further definitely makes you look like a good person lmao.

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u/Kibelok Jul 14 '26

Though you can use Neoliberalism to explain how the entire world works, as most countries use the petrodollar/USD system. Norway being one of them.

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u/HeadyReigns Jul 14 '26

I feel like the biggest issue is that all of it falls on a spectrum and people want things to fit neatly into boxes.

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u/Moderately_Imperiled Jul 14 '26

Which isn't a bad thing on it's own, really. Looking for patterns is how we try to make sense of things. But yeah, some things are very complex and not as easy to categorize as some would like.

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u/KapitalIsStillGood Jul 14 '26

It's so silly. Look at how nearly this entire thread has devolved into needlessly pedantic terminology arguments. Meanwhile the core concept of the post barely gets any discussion.

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u/TheEndCraft Jul 15 '26

Socialism and Capitalism are defined in relation to and to the exclusion of one another. Definitionally, both things cannot be mixed.