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If you want to experience amalgam of socialism and capitalism then there is no better country than the UK.

UK is socialist when it comes to healthcare, education and media. But it is epitome of capitalism when it comes to finance/banking, housing, transportation and energy. And the results of that are for everyone to see.

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I find it quite telling how you consider heavily regulated industries to be "examples of capitalism"...

That "heavy regulation" seems only on paper. If that was not the case then we would not have seen the casino banking and its bailout for which the people are still paying, we would have not seen the housing crisis where young people are not able to afford to own a house, and we would not have seen the calls to make the energy and transport companies private.

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