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I Live in a western (sort of) microstate. No true Leftist party to vote or support. (lemmygrad.ml)

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So here is my dilemma. We import all food and goods, too small for agriculture. Our main economy is built on financial services and tourism mostly. Our social safety net and most of our let's say, liberal left leaning policies are being eroded as time goes by, which is not ideal, but is still better than nothing I guess.

However, since we trade our service based economy for essentially everything else, how does socialism help a nation so dependent on the world around it being capitalist to survive?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As long as you're not in Monaco or the Vatican (is that you, Francis?), there will be a sizeable proletarian class, and potential for a leftist/labor movement. And the idea that your nation is dependent on "capitalism" to survive is not accurate. It's dependent on trading with foreign markets, which is something socialist nations also do, and in most cases, nearly every nation has to in order to prosper. It's not a matter of Socialism or Capitalism, but mutually beneficial trade.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No not Monaco or Vatican. Just not sure which socialist countries we can trade food with. Cuba, China or Venezueka are too far from Europe. If other more powerul European nations could act as a catalyst for socialism. Things can change quite rapidly in the future.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

You'd be surprised how much produce worldwide is shipped from China. Garlic is a big one.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

You know that Cuba, China and Venezuela don't only trade with other socialist countries right? Actually I'm glad you brought up Venezuela, because their biggest trading partner is literally the USA, the same is true for China, but they've got several other large partners besides the US. International trade is something that happens regardless of your government's political leaning, and nearby nations will always prefer trading with each other due to simple pragmatism, unless there is an exceedingly rare situation, like war or severe embargoes.