Speaking of liberal politics (the topic of the thread) I sat in my cardiologist's waiting room for what seemed like an eternity this morning while the TV on the wall was tuned to The View. I could feel myself getting dumber as they spoke. They were wrong about everything concerning the subject at hand. God those women are morons.
I'm a mongotarian. Totally agree with certain things both sides of the main two champion and totally disagree with other things both sides champion.
I have hurt myself going for the remote when they have shown up on my tv. They are actively ignorant.
The Scandinavian countries are heavy on social programs and taxes to pay for them but neither their economies nor their governments are socialist. They practice social democracy. https://fee.org/resources/the-xyz-s-of-socialism/ https://www.prageru.com/video/is-denmark-socialist/
YEs. But then again they aren't full on socialist. Venezuela had oil and went full boogie. It didn't work quite so well for them in spite of the oil.
Full on socialist transitions to a dictatorship the next day. They are about as close as you can get without losing all your freedom. Oh wait the fearless leaders are importing rapists to ruin the joint as I type If it is a hyphenated description it is just a lie.
A bit simplified in terms of history and political environment but if it suits your take on things.....