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There are 149 comments so far in this thread. Absolutely zero of them have suggested socialism.

Workers' rights are not socialism. Unions are not socialism. Minimum wage is not socialism.

All those things are partially socialism. Simply instating minimum wage laws doesn't make a country fully socialist, but it is a puzzle piece. It means the wage is not set by the market anymore, but by a committee.

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