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		NoMoreNicksLeft on Sept 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Socialism? (1949) If you can find a toothbrush. And if your neighbors don't turn you in to the secret police for toothbrush hoarding. Most people just stay on the waiting list for years.

nielsbot on Sept 7, 2023 [–]

You can have aspects of socialism and capitalism in a single system. These all-or-nothing examples are naive or disingenuous.

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