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To: TigerPaw who wrote (326483)	2/19/2007 7:01:00 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576894

To the extent that things work in Sweden and Finland its because of the wealth produced by capitalism, not because of public ownership of the means of production.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (326483)	2/20/2007 8:26:27 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576894

In theory they could be democratically elected, In the places where the elections are actually free and fair, for example Sweden or Finland, the social contract really works. What is often claimed as a failure of communism is actually the ordinary and expected failure of despotism and monopoly. Just for the record and to avoid confusion, Sweden and Finland are not communistic. They have economies that are both capitalistic and socialistic. Both are also democracies.