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> Under socialism, the critics would be too busy trying to get the next meal to theorize critiques of capitalism.

Under capitalism in America there are plenty of people too busy trying to get the next meal than to do anything else.

People in socialist Scandinavia are generally doing better.

>" there are plenty of people too busy trying to get the next meal than to do anything else."

Incredible that they have on average 6 hours per day to watch television, given how busy you say they are.

What is incredible is that you can't conceive of how an average of six hours of TV watching might allow for many people to watch zero hours of television.

But since you brought it up, maybe you should look into what kind of people watch >6 hours of television per day.

Poor people, which was exactly my point.

http://www.marketplace.org/2013/11/04/wealth-poverty/income-...

Poor people who are poor because they can't find jobs?

Maybe they shouldn't be watching six hours of TV a day then.

Please stop posting uncivil and/or unsubstantive comments to HN.

hodwik is calling the entire poor class lazy. If being uncivil is something that's not allowed here, then why isn't he being reprimanded for being uncivil to an entire class of people?

No country in Scandinavia has socialism, it's a mostly liberal states with extensive welfare programs.

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