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Festivito

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3. All governments are socialist in that they can control everything.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:11 PM

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Weather, their economic policies are socialist or capitalist.They end up with the same dictatorialism.

There needs to be a mix of capitalism and socialism whether it is by the rich, by Representatives, or by democracy.

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