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Old 06-02-2005, 05:41 PM   #4945
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Originally posted by Spanky
What you are failing to grasp is that free markets and democracy are intertwined. One doesn't last very long without the other. Countries that head down the socialist path end up becoming dictatorships because that is the only way they can survive.
What do you mean by a "free market"?

Sweden. Norway. Denmark. Finland.

Germany. France. The U.K. in the 1960s and 1970s.

All markets much, much less "free" than in the U.S.
Dictatorships in the making? Who knew?

P.S. Nixon introduced wage and price controls.

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