| − | {{Cquote|What most millennials mean by “socialism” seems to be a mix of our [[welfare state]] and what they perceive to be Swedish democratic socialism. But Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries including Denmark favor the free market and are content with private rather than government ownership of their major industries. However, Danish domestic spending including comprehensive health care has a high price — a top personal income tax of 57 percent. | + | {{Cquote|What most millennials mean by “[[socialism]]” seems to be a mix of our [[welfare state]] and what they perceive to be Swedish democratic socialism. But Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries including Denmark favor the free market and are content with private rather than government ownership of their major industries. However, Danish domestic spending including comprehensive health care has a high price — a top personal income tax of 57 percent. |
| | Socialism in all its forms — [[Marxism-Leninism]] in the [[Soviet Union]], [[Maoism]] in [[China]], “state socialism” in India, “democratic socialism” in Sweden, National Socialism in [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] — has never come close to realizing the classless ideal of its founding father, [[Karl Marx]]. Instead, socialists have been forced to adopt a wide range of capitalist measures, including private ownership of railroads and airlines ([[United Kingdom]]), special economic zones (China), and open markets and foreign investment ([[Sweden]]). | | Socialism in all its forms — [[Marxism-Leninism]] in the [[Soviet Union]], [[Maoism]] in [[China]], “state socialism” in India, “democratic socialism” in Sweden, National Socialism in [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] — has never come close to realizing the classless ideal of its founding father, [[Karl Marx]]. Instead, socialists have been forced to adopt a wide range of capitalist measures, including private ownership of railroads and airlines ([[United Kingdom]]), special economic zones (China), and open markets and foreign investment ([[Sweden]]). |