Re: to MAGA hecklers

On Wed, 23 Oct 2024, JAB wrote:

On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:58:49 -0400, Anonymous <anon@anon.net> wrote:
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There is more free speech in Russia

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Russia has a long tradition of official censorship
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While the Russian constitution provides for the freedom of speech of
Russian citizens, it does not guarantee it as strongly as the first
amendment to the U.S. constitution. The Russian constitution prohibits
"propaganda or campaigning" intended "to incite social, racial,
national, or religious hatred and strife."
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/freedom-and-restriction-speech-the-context-counter-terrorism-russia
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more capitalism in China than there is in America.

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The most capitalist nations are:
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   Singapore.
   Switzerland.
   Ireland.
   Taiwan.
   New Zealand.
   Estonia.
   Luxembourg.
   Netherlands.
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The United States is a capitalist country but is also considered a
mixed market economy. This means it combines capitalist principles
with government intervention and regulation.
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https://www.globalcitizensolutions.com/most-capitalist-countries/
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How do they measure and what is their definition of capitalist? Is it small state only and low taxes or do they take a more comprehensive stance? Netherlands and Ireland have enormously high taxes, so I wouln't count those countries as capitalist. Singapore and Switzerland are ninjas! Would definitely count them as capitalist.
Luxembourg is tricky. On the surface I think they have fairly high taxes, but they have lots of delicious loopholes which does make it low tax for millionaires.