[geysersam]

The context of this discussion is Brazil and the intentions of the socialist Brazilian government. Are you claiming that the socialist party in Brazil intends to dismantle capitalism? In case you are unaware, countries can have capitalist economic systems and still have significant socialist traits like: large public sectors, state enterprises for natural monopolies and important industries, subsidized education and healthcare, etc.

[_3u10]

For a system with subsidized education there’s a strangely high number of doctors from Brazil getting their education in Paraguay.

[ashdksnndck]

My previous comment came off as disagreement that I didn’t intend. Most countries in the world are both socialist and capitalist.

I don’t intend to defend the “socialism bad” argument. There are several countries (many in Europe) that have great outcomes while being about as socialist as left-wing Latin American governments. I think a fairer criticism is some of the Latin American parties have a track record of flawed implementation that caused distrust among a lot of the population.