Question: How is Norway a socialist country?

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Answer #1:

It isn't one???
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Answer #2:

Norway doesn't have 40,000,000 blacks hanging like an anchor on them.

Answer #3:

Ask 10 random people what socialism means and all 10 will get it wrong. Some people actually think its everything the government spends money on even public schools and police officers. If that were the case than every single form of government would have to be socialist which simply isnt the case.

Answer #4:

What you are describing is hardline Marxism, not the common interpretation of Socialism in Europe, which is more of a third way, between Capitalism and Socialism. A free market system with a safety-net.

Answer #5:

"The economy of Norway is a developed mixed economy with heavy state-ownership in strategic areas of the economy."

Its not socialist, but its governed by an SI party and has a mixed economy leans in that direction, more than capitalism.

If you think their success is due to the free market, you are delusional. Its because the state works for the people, not themselves or corporations.

Answer #6:

It is NOT a socialist nation.

It is rumored that Norway is a liberal paradise, because they are heavily regulated and "provide" health care and education to their people, but it isn't a socialist nation. Remember, the people who want to believe that want to believe that everywhere that is good are socialist and everywhere that sucks is capitalist. You see how they try to state that DPR Korea and Somalia are capitalist nations.

Norway is a wreck, but it isn't because they are socialist. It is government spending. Their debt is 60% of their GDP.

Answer #7:

So... You're correct here.... However, if you look on that same website, you will see that we(i am a world socialist) do not view socialism/communism as something that has existed anywhere, ever. That means the USSR, PRC, DPRK, etc, etc, etc were not socialist/communist, by definition, but instead state capitalist as defined by the world socialist movement.
This seems to be the first time you properly represented socialism...

EDIT: Mckendric, socialism and communism are the same thing, in the marxist sense of the words. Marxists do not distinguish between the two.

Answer #8:

You list is not one that describes socialism. That list describes communism. Both are bad, but there is a difference and communism is MUCH worse.

Answer #9:

"The Norwegian economy is an example of a mixed economy, a prosperous capitalist welfare state featuring a combination of free market activity and large state ownership in certain key sectors."


what YOU describe comes almost directly from Marx, and are the defining characteristics of marxism, NOT socialism.
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Answer #10:

They have socialized Health care
THey have socialized jobs
THey have socialized Education





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