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Socialism, is Australia socialist?

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Look at all these big companies during the pandemic.
How much did Qantas and Harvey Norman get?
They privatise their profits, and socialise their losses.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Friday, 22 April 2022 4:22:16 AM
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What many Australians don't realise is the biggest recipient of welfare in Australia, is not collectively individuals, but business. What my Old Man would say about farmers "Good season Capitalists, bad season Socialists". What many don't realise the Country Party (National Party) in its informative years was very much a Socialist party.
Posted by Paul1405, Friday, 22 April 2022 6:53:52 AM
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Dear mhaze,

And from the same CENTESIMUS ANNUS the Pope said:

“In spite of the great changes which have taken place in the more advanced societies, the human inadequacies of capitalism and the resulting domination of things over people are far from disappearing. In fact, for the poor, to the lack of material goods has been added a lack of knowledge and training which prevents them from escaping their state of humiliating subjection.”



“Here we find a wide range of opportunities for commitment and effort in the name of justice on the part of trade unions and other workers' organizations. These defend workers' rights and protect their interests as persons, while fulfilling a vital cultural role, so as to enable workers to participate more fully and honourably in the life of their nation and to assist them along the path of development.
In this sense, it is right to speak of a struggle against an economic system, if the latter is understood as a method of upholding the absolute predominance of capital, the possession of the means of production and of the land, in contrast to the free and personal nature of human work.73 In the struggle against such a system, what is being proposed as an alternative is not the socialist system, which in fact turns out to be State capitalism, but rather a society of free work, of enterprise and of participation. Such a society is not directed against the market, but demands that the market be appropriately controlled by the forces of society and by the State, so as to guarantee that the basic needs of the whole of society are satisfied.”

And here is a reference as you don't seem capapble of looking these things up yourself.

http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html

He was a lot more balanced than what you have made out.
Posted by SteeleRedux, Friday, 22 April 2022 1:59:53 PM
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I'm sure that the Country/ National party is very "informative" in it's own way- since it's "formation".
Posted by Canem Malum, Friday, 22 April 2022 2:07:26 PM
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Absolutely you pompous git, formative is the correct word, everytime you see a "mistake" on the forum, are you going to jump in and jerk the gherkin as you just did. What a loser! Google up some more of Arsethrottle and quote him here, rather than making you look superior, it just makes you look even more stupid.
Posted by Paul1405, Friday, 22 April 2022 3:31:29 PM
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Cancel culture is an ideological dictatorship.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Friday, 22 April 2022 7:14:38 PM
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