• wolfarine@lemm.ee
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    7 hours ago

    So the “elected” government is trying to control prices? Isn’t that the definition of socialism?

    • Don_alForno@feddit.org
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      45 minutes ago

      It’s an element of a planned economy which has been more commonly used in authoritarian socialist countries but isn’t exclusive to them.

      (Fun fact because I just looked it up: There doesn’t seem to be one generally accepted definition of “socialism”.)