true or false: All modern capitalist societies have social welfare states.?

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Answer 1

As far as I know, every capitalist nation has social welfare programs to some extent.

Answer 2

This is true. I do, however, think there are cultural differences in societies' expectations of the welfare state. I would describe this difference vaguely in the terms capitalist society and welfare society. While neither is necessarily good or bad, they both have their strong and weakpoints. Examples of capitalist societies are the US, Japan, and China. In these countries, personal industry is widely promoted as the key to success. Their is a belief that social inequality is acceptable and that your status in life is representative of your personal choices. They believe generally that welfare should be a safety net only used to keep people from starving or freezing to death, and people recieving it are often percieved as lazy or inadequate. Examples of welfare societies include most of Europe and South America. In such societies, it is believed that education, healthcare, and water among other things are the basic rights of every man and should not be denied to anyone. Inequality is seen as undesirable, resulting in social instability. A person's status is a result, not just of personal choices, but of the forces outside of his/her control (capitalism, globalization, etc.). The welfare state is seen as a way of countering these forces and giving everyone a truly equal opportunity to participate in society. As I said, no matter what anyone says, there are good and bad examples of each. USA's capitalist society has been just as successful as the welfare societies of Scandinavia.

Answer 3

i imagine that is somewhat bit a pretend selection right here. You bypass to entire severe on the Libertarian end, yet a average Social Welfare state. besides, i'd favor to stay in a Libertarian Society with minimum authorities. Hell, some thing like the u . s . a . circa 1960 will be a magnificent progression. We had a gov't performing some issues, yet not just about the point that is ideal this second.

Answer 4

Virtually every society regardless of mode of production has some kind of mechanism to equalize the distribution of wealth within the society. Whether it is subsidies for health or public utilities. Even in a theocracy like Israel before the times of kings, providence was made for widows and orphans.

The only difference is in the degree to which the government provided for the people. So yes, the statement is true.

Answer 5

false, I understand your argument and your an idiot.