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  • NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Well the U.S. isn’t entirely capitalist either.

    On one extreme you have a completely free market economy. On the other extreme you have an economy that’s completely controlled by the government (such as Communism).

    A pure free market economy doesn’t really exist anywhere among all the countries, what we have instead are a lot of countries that try to find the right balance between letting the market control itself and having the government control the market.

    So call it whatever you want, but the US does have a mixed economy when placed on that scale.

    The US gini coefficient is 39.8 as of 2021. Making it one of the worst countries in the world for income inequality.

    I don’t know how you can say it’s one of the worst when it’s not even in the bottom third in that list of 162 countries.

    According to that source, the worst country is South Africa with a Gini coefficient of 63.0.

    The best country is Norway with a Gini Coefficient of 22.7.

    The US. Ranks 57th with a Gini coefficient of 39.8.

    If anything that places it in the middle rather than “one of the worst”.

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      8 months ago

      Considering all the other listed countries are classified as developing nations, no yeah it’s one of the worst in the world lol. It’s worth it for you to read up on how the gini coefficient is calculated.

      Also, it is ranked 57th when sorted worst to best. It is sorted at 120th from best to worst. Worse than 119 other nations.

      And no, you’re again misusing the term communism. Communism isn’t a scale it refers specifically to a state in which the means of production are shared collectively amongst the working class. You’ve invented a thing and then are using your own invention to sort terms that have actual meanings not related to your invented scale

      America is also not a mixed economy, what are you on about? What industry is public in the US? Most of the states don’t even have public power services. Essentially, none have public medical services.

      There are many sources online that can explain the distinction for you. Check what you’re reading and from where, as America is incredibly biased against socialism and there are entire corporations dedicated to spreading anti-socialist propaganda.