>>>>Three questions now:
>>>>1. Do you consider Sweden/Denmark as socialist countries, or just close to it?
>>>>2. Which country you think is better in socialwide sense, i.e. across the board, yours or Sweden/Denmark?
>>>>3. Is China a socialist country?
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>>>1. Close
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>>>2. Sweden/Denmark
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>>>3. No (lets stick to democracies here. I don't think there is an agreed description for the post communist countries yet)
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>>So you mean that China, Cuba, N.Korea, Venezuela, etc are not socialist countries, i.e only democracies can be called socialist countries? Was Soviet Union a socialist country?
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>No, it was communist.
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>I agree with Nick that China is at this point hard to label. The official system is still communism but the Chinese people are embracing capitalism with enthusiasm. And the internet and other factors have greatly diminished its traditional isolation. It will be very interesting to see what course China takes.

By pure theoretical approach, your statement about Soviet Union being not a socialist, but a communist country is wrong, but you never studied Marx so it is understandable. It still makes relevant to figure out your views. Basically, could you explain the difference between communist and socialist country in plain economic terms; i.e. outside of politics? After all, both systems and all others are primarily economic notions.