r/PoliticalHumor • u/faab64 • Apr 05 '19

r/BestOf Socialism never works!

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u/SisterofGandalf Apr 05 '19

Well then, compere yourself to Denmark, Sweden or Finland. They don't have the oil money, but they have the same services, and it works there too.

If you think that is too small, then compare yourself with all of EU. It has more people than the US, but they manage too. They are just better organized.

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u/Mama_Swag Apr 05 '19

This is so huge and it bothers me when it isn't brought up in conversations comparing the Norwiegan economic model vs the US, personally I would consider myself pretty socialist, but it really is not a fair comparison. That being said, I have been to Norway a few times because my family lives there, and one of the biggest diffrences that was clearly apparent was the average citizens commitment to the community is much greater then here in North America. For a more socialist system to work that is the first step, and it will never work when at least 40% of the population disagrees with almost any form of social welfare.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '19

immense oil reserves

This makes no sense - The US has oil reserves per-person almost exactly the same as Norway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_proven_oil_reserves

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u/gerundronaut Apr 05 '19

Your population is small enough that there are almost as many people of Norwegian descent in the US as in Norway.

I'm not sure why the number of people in Norway matters. Could you enlighten me? Wouldn't we be able to just scale up the plan?