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rprasad on Jan 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism

I think you're mixing up Communism and Socialism, or simply just using the post-Reagan-redefinitions.

Communism = everyone everythings (owns, decides, does). Socialism = everyone decides and does, but does not own.

brc on Feb 1, 2011 [–]

No, everyone else is mixing up self-described socialist countries with social democracies, whose ruling parliamentary members identify with socialism as a guiding principle. There is a difference.

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