• Iceblade@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    10 months ago

    Sounds like the Danish welfare system is more robust than the one we have here in Sweden - however, I would like to point out that what we have is not socialism. The central ethos of socialism is the collective ownership of the means of production (usually through the government), and our economies are first and foremost rather successful capitalist mixed market economies with strong regulations and a certain degree of government ownership in limited (usually critical) areas of society. With the help of our capitalist economies, we create and tax the wealth and productivity needed to fund a rather robust welfare system.

    • TheMurphy@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      10 months ago

      In general Sweden and Denmark is mostly run the same way. Non of the countries are pure socialism, but they are sure very successful on physical and mental well-being for their citizens, and giving them a high living standard because of this welfare driven from ideologies of socialism.

    • isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      10 months ago

      Yeah but it’s scary seeing the radical stuff starting to creep in the cracks. I moved to Denmark from the US and reading the news sometimes on politics raises an eyebrow or two.