Quote (Master_Zappy @ May 21 2016 03:18pm)

They have had a Constitution since 88 and a democracy since 90, they even have a female president, Michelle Bachelet. They also have the highest economic freedom in all the Americas behind only USA and Canada.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_transition_to_democracy


So Venezuela is just one more price control and social program away from utopia?

Quote (Master_Zappy @ 21 May 2016 21:07)

Also your "refuting" of socialism vs capitalism in the Venezuela thread was weak sauce and emotionally driven compared to the hard numbers

Quote (thundercock @ May 20 2016 02:52am)

That's a silly metric. People need to die, it's a fact of life. It would be preferable for the poor/non-contributors to die before the wealthy/hard-working.

Quote (Saucisson6000 @ May 21 2016 03:27pm)

Chavez stole billions to its people, those guys & those kind of countries should not be amalgamated in anyway with "socialism" especially social-democracies...

Quote (Skinned @ May 21 2016 02:20pm)

For a Chilean miracle to happen they need a Pinochet as well sadly.

Quote (remco6 @ 21 May 2016 23:27)

So personal opinions not his actual economic policies should be how we classify these things?
Either way if Chavez had implemented more economically free policies instead of regulation they would be better off.

Quote (Saucisson6000 @ May 21 2016 05:43pm)

Chili is social-democrat
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Emblem_of_the_Socialist_Party_of_Chile.svg
it's fine, thanks

Quote (remco6 @ 22 May 2016 00:54)

:wallbash:

Quote (EndlessSky @ 24 May 2016 18:42)

Absolutely not. Simply look at the countries that do to see what a blatant failure it is. Singapore's is completely privatized and its one of the cheapest and most efficient systems in the world.

And for some reason people still don't die in the streets, GO FIGURE.