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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Finland is capitalist and kind of solved homelessness, with there being around only 1.3k homeless people in the entire country (population: 5.6m, which means the rate of homelessness is around 0.02%).

I don't think that communism or any ideology is an answer to homelessness, it's pretty much the job for the government and what kind of systems/reforms they implement.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where does Finland wealth come tho ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to Wikipedia, the service sector generates 70% of the wealth, which is similar to the US.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Finland hasn't really solved anything, as social democracies just push the problems elsewhere

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

i reccomend watching this video from 5:53 to 8:31 to see the problems with social democracy https://youtu.be/TRq3pl17C8M?si=Cml7fql--qiRgFT_

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, three minutes with that vlogger changed my entire worldview! Thanks, grandpa! /s

[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

You should instead read "Riding the wave" which is a serious book that explains why social democracies rely on imperialism using one case study (Denmark I believe but I haven't read it in forever)

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Exactly, their wealth comes from the exploitation of the global south through financial systems. Imperialism.