Jeremy (mailing list box) wrote:
> Petri Laihonen wrote:
>> I know, "socialism" is a curse word here..... I guess it is deeply
>> rooted fear of Russia, which we know now did not do quite well.
>> I just know that a good balance of "socialism" and "capitalism" do
>> work well.
>> Is there a word for the combination of two?
>>
>> Petri
>>
>
> The term you would be looking for is "Democratic socialism", not to be
> confused with the more prevalent form of socialism know as "Stalinism"
> or big C "Communism".
In that case, Finland may indeed be a socialist country, but with a
twist. :-)
I'm going to enjoy being there for the holidays regardless. :-)
(or as we say Christmas, and barely anyone even thinks it as religious
term)
Petri
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