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[–] Bleys@lemmy.world -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

www.wikipedia.org

pick one successful example. it should be easy since there are so many

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

pick one successful example of a capitalist society that isn't evolving into a fully fascist authoritarian regime.

[–] Bleys@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Iceland

Bonus: Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Australia, The Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Finland, Canada, New Zealand…

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

yeah, it figures that a liberal would pick a bunch of countries that are current or former fascists and US allies in a list of "successful" capitalist countries. half these countries are in the news at this very moment for curtailing their citizens rights and privacy, and the other half are colonial states with a long history of genocide.

in other words, the very definition of successful for a liberal. you and tankies have more in common than you think, bud.

[–] Bleys@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

lol i can tell you’re not a very successful person in real life due to a combination of arrogance and ignorance, and that bitterness has led you to a very incoherent political ideology. my condolences amigo