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RichClem » 23 Jul 2014 11:18 am » wrote: If I follow your logic on this, then every country in the world is Socialist, because every country except one is less free than Singapore.
Because the index is relative.

NO, that is your logic, which is based on a definition that is ENTIRELY made up. You have decided - on your own, with no agreement from academia, the dictionary, or anyone else - that "less free" = "more socialist." You have uncritically adopted this position, and you reflexively employ it with the expectation that everyone just has to go along.

We don't go along. You don't get to change the definition of socialism to mean, "less free," and then run around the board pretending that there is universal agreement for you entirely made-up definition. That is silly.

RichClem » 23 Jul 2014 11:18 am » wrote:Or if you refuse to acknowledge my claim about Heritage and Socialism, name one single country that is more Free Market Capitalist.

You won't agree to use the dictionary to define terms, so the challenge is inauthentic and insincere. I have already tried to get you to commit to a definition of "free market capitalist" - and was roundly attacked for my effort.

RichClem » 23 Jul 2014 11:18 am » wrote:Another request that you'll stonewall and evade.

A request made in bad faith, by a man whose definition of "free market capitalist" is no more stable than his ever-changing definition of "socialist." What we know about your definition of socialist is that an Asian doing something is capitalist, but a black man doing the same is socialist.