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Socialism's Positive Rating Tops 40% for First Time

70 points · 104 comments · karakoram

Varelion · 1790178214 · focus · HN ↗
Maybe we will see real change soon.
1. nwah1 · 1790180644 · focus · HN ↗
  I'm sure we will. And, like with mutations, the default assumption for a random change isn't very good. In this case, the historical record points to worse-than-random outcomes.
  1. archagon · 1790194752 · focus · HN ↗
    Democratic socialist countries have some of the best QoL in the world.
    nwah1 · 1790201890 · focus · HN ↗
    This narrative is largely untrue. Scandinavia started to prosper only after they liberalized. Of course, there is a big difference between intelligent redistributionism which respects and leverages market forces, and the kind of socialists who implement rent control and government-run grocery stores.
    archagon · 1790213082 · focus · HN ↗
    Yes, New York is certainly falling apart. And the mayor is notoriously unpopular!
    atvcatole · 1790217395 · focus · HN ↗
    AFAIK democratic socialism was only relevant for a short while in some places in Africa 100+ years ago, there are no current countries with democratic socialism.

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