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[–] RidcullyTheBrown@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Switzerland? Netherlands? Hell, even France, Germany?

Invoking cronyism as a downside in itself is silly. It's not what matters, what matters is the quality of life. And just because US and a few other capitalist countries have drank from the neoliberal fountain and are unable to stop, it doesn't mean that that is the only way. In fact social democracies, of which there are quite a few examples around the world, are pretty much still capitalist democracies whit none of the crap neoliberal ideas lead to.