Talk:Authoritarian capitalism
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Some very bad inaccuracies in this article
[edit]So this part in particular: "Countries commonly referred to as being authoritarian capitalist states include China since the economic reforms, Hungary under Viktor Orbán, Russia under Vladimir Putin, Chile under Augusto Pinochet, Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew and Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as well as fascist regimes and military dictatorships during the Cold War. Nazi Germany has also been described as authoritarian capitalist,[4][5][6] especially for its privatization policy in the 1930s."
Out of all those examples, only Chile and Singapore actually fit the definition of authoritarian capitalism. According to https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking which measures economic freedom, Singapore is #1, Chile is #19, while Russia is #92, China is #107 Hungary is # 55 and Turkey is #76, is Nazi Germany considered capitalist because they removed some industries from complete State control to give them to individuals very closely linked to the State? Could you really consider those countries capitalist while they rank so low on the business freedom index? Those examples are just blatantly wrong It seems the person managing this particular page doesn't really understand what capitalism is — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:7f3:683:83f7:61a7:bc37:575a:ea4e (talk) 19:22, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what you're trying to imply here, but Nazi Germany was definitely capitalist. They actively persecuted socialists and communists, and they were very publicly and obviously committed to private property. I agree that this article has some issues, but let's refrain from falling into the "Nazis were socialists" trap. Cheers. DeVosMax [ contribs • talk • created media ] 10:28, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
- Persecuting communists equals capitalism? That's a whole take dude. Alejandro Basombrio (talk) 16:34, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what you're trying to imply here, but Nazi Germany was definitely capitalist. They actively persecuted socialists and communists, and they were very publicly and obviously committed to private property. I agree that this article has some issues, but let's refrain from falling into the "Nazis were socialists" trap. Cheers. DeVosMax [ contribs • talk • created media ] 10:28, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
- canada would also fall into this category, at #15. 107.179.229.114 (talk) 16:20, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
Biased sources
[edit]There are a lot of citations from sources like the heritage foundation or the fraser institute. These aren’t academic. They’re think tanks meant to drum up support for the status quo. 2604:3D08:948E:AA00:75BD:72A1:9138:DAD3 (talk) 15:04, 11 August 2024 (UTC)