Originally Posted By: Claude Goddard
I don't think anyone here was saying how great Communist Russia or the Eastern Block was back-in-the-day. Italy actually had one of the biggest and most legitimate Communist parties in Europe. Most Western democracies are based on ideas of social democracy rather than pure socialism or capitalism, which doesn't really fit into the either/or arguments so popular with many Libertarians.


You make a good point. The only thing I would add is that the social democracies have/had more market freedom and that is one of the factors that make them more desirable to live in than an Eastern Block country back-in-the-day.


Edited by nassim (05/03/12 10:50 AM)
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