User blog comment:Centrist16/SOMETHING EVERYONE MUST KNOW/@comment-3398633-20150809140026/@comment-3398633-20150809171910

I'm sorry, I misspoke. Allow me to clarify. The major economies in Europe are dominated by socialists. France and Greece are governed by the French Socialist Party and Syriza (a coalition of socialist and far-left wing parties). Sweden is dominated by the Social Democrats, and the UK before May of this year was generally dominated by the socialist Labour Party, forcing Cameroon to settle for a coalition with other parties to combat Labour. It was these parties and their control over Europe's major economies that resulted in a series of poor fiscal policies that harmed the European economy as a whole.

Greece's overspending led to the more competent, non-socialist government in Germany to step in and demand Greece pay what it owes before any bailout was proposed by the EU, but it was the socialist government in Greece that refused to do anything until it got what it wanted. More money it couldn't pay back. Anyone with an economics degree would understand that you don't give people money when they have a history of not paying it back, and it appeared that the Germans had such a degree, while the Greek leaders probably bluffed their way through the courses.

At Dog, I know the difference between socialism's branches. The Soivet Union was indeed a socialist state, and its leaders said so themselves. It had all the hallmarks of a socialist nation; a welfare-state, a system where the goods of the nation were used to better the lives of the citizens, and most industries were collectivized so as to ensure that all workers had more or less some say in the actions of their factory (which was not too common, but common enough to be regarded as true). My debating skills are perfectly fine, as you yourself stated that my statement on the USSR was indeed correct. So how I made my point isn't the issue. Focus on what I've said, not how I've said it. That is true debate skill.