[ExI] socialism

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of John Clark
Subject: Re: [ExI] socialism

 

On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 10:28 PM <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > wrote:

 

 >> Socialism starts like Denmark, but ends like Venezuela.

 

>…What evidence do you have for that assertion? Socialism has existed in Denmark for a lot longer than it has in Venezuela and there is still no signs that it is becoming malignant. …John K Clark

 

 

Don’t worry John.  You and I will live long enough to see Denmark crumble for all the same reasons the other socialist countries will: if an adequate safety net exists such that landing there is insufficiently scary, people will jump into it until it fails.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

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