what countries are socialist? - china isnt anymore

[kingbee]

china isnt- what about vietnam?and north korea?i know cuba is- have any countries got an elected socialist goverment?

[drunktank]

My country has an
elected socialistic government.
However, it is not
purely socialistic,
it has a rather mixed economy.

Vietnam applies the
"market economy"
which is another name
forcapitalism.

[gunnarSUmedlem]

Socialism isn't existing except in the utopias. However, many countries would be a lot worse if not socialism had been a factor in these countries evolution. I mean Cuba, Norway, Sweden, U.K....Hey! The whole world would be fascist if there were no socialists!
We are still waiting for a real socialist country.

[Guest]

According to the CIA world factbook it's officially China, Laos, Vietnam and Cuba that are "Communist States" and North Korea is a Socialist one man dictatorship.

[CheGuevara]

I agree with gunnar that we are still waiting for a fully socialist country. I feel Cuba had come the closest to socialism, although I feel that in some ways now it is moving away from that direction. Of course, the CIA, in its infinite stupidity, has come up with another oxymoron, "Communist states." You can have communist societies, but I don't believe you can have states that are "fully" communist. Even if you could, all of those countries are so far away from communism, and even socialism, that it's a joke.

[El Che de Boca Jrs]

Correct me if Im wrong, but doasent Mongolia have a socialist-like government (or at least one that is sympathetic to socialism)?

[Jurhael]

Monglolia is communist(I think)...as for socialist states, the closest you can get are some countries in Europe.

[Jurhael]

Monglolia is communist(I think)...as for socialist states, the closest you can get are some countries in Europe.

[Vladimir Ulianov]

I do not think that Russia is a socialist country, but somebody believe that the communism is growing up there...I don´t know...
I am sure that in all countries where it was set the communism, it was necessary...communism has been an inmediatly absolution for the poor ones...
China goes to capitalism and this will bring horrible consecuences.

[deimos]

I think that china ist still socialistic because the capitalism is only tested in some small areas around the big harbour cites in the southeast.

[oconner]

I think Libya is socialist, I could be wrong

[deimos]

whats with angola and algeria?

[Moskitto]

The ruling party in Mongolia is the MPRP which is a communist party, but there are other parties so it isn't like the Soviet Union was.

I don't think Angola and Algeria are communist anymore, Algeria is a fundamentalist state and Angola is in the middle of a civil war.

[honest intellectual]

The Angolan civil war has just finished, with victory for communism, after 23 (?) years. From what I can make out, Angola seems to be genuinly communist.

Without getting too deep in the debate over whois socialist or communist and who isn't the following countries claim to be socialist:
Angola
Algeria
North Korea
Vietnam
Mongolia (I think)
Turkmenistan
China
Cuba
Laos
Romania (socialist ruling party)
Cyprus (socialist ruling party)

Bet that's more than you thought

PS Hi, Jurhael, haven't seen you arouns in a while

(Edited by honest intellectual at 2:19 am on Mar. 31, 2002)

[I Will Deny You]

The Brazilian socialist party is gaining more and more power as the population gets angrier at the New Economy fuckwads. The country isn't technically socialist and doesn't claim to be, but it might be socialist in a few years.

My sister wants to move there someday. She says it's her favorite country on the planet. (And she's been practically everywhere.) What better place to start a new socialist system than one of the most beautiful places in the world?

[Moskitto]

Brazil could be one of the most powerful economies in the world if they got their act together because it's so resource rich.

[revolutionary spirit]

vietnam has nike sweatshops,make your own mind up.

[STALINSOLDIERS]

well some countries from the former soviet union depends on communism like rumania,russia,moldava that is now a communist country this has nothing to do with socialism but im just saying that more and more countrys depends on communism......not for vietnam ho chi men needs to comeback and shoot out capitalist there cause of sweat shops....vietnam and china needs to go back to the old times....dont worry communism is growing to power soon comrades most countrys well be communism russia in 1999 almost won the vote so you know nothing changed so the ussr well come back.

[Kez]

Poland is officially communist
Mozambique also
Zimbabwe(?)

comrade kamo

and USA is of course socialist