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Post #2559692
2026-05-15 08:05 UTC
Most of fennoscandia (skandinavia + Finland) think of themselves as socialist democracies. Although political power of big companies and right wing parties they control has been eroding government ownership of large business, public education system and healthcare system for decades.
Not sure if they are that anymore.
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@Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2026-05-15 09:15
Those are social democracies, socialism requires that the working classes control the state and public ownership is the principal aspect of the economy. Social democracy is largely a concession to prevent socialism.
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@mitram@sopuli.xyz 2026-05-15 08:19
They were never socialist, they've always been social-democracies, that's quite a difference even though there's some shared ideological roots.