Reply #2: The Swedes have realized that capitalism is good only if it's properly regulated. [View All]

[IntravenousDemilo]

BTW, here in Canada, even OUR Conservative party is to the left of the Democratic party, and we can in no way be considered socialist, no matter what O'Reilly and Buchanan say.

The US is just unrelievedly right-wing in general, that's all, and what would be considered "socialist" in the States is only seen to be that way through a filter of unrestrained capitalism, and that paradigm doesn't work with the other 5.7 billion people in the world. In most places, "liberal" is considered moderate, but not in the US, where any political thought that is to the left of Attila the Hun is considered dangerously communistic.

So to answer your question, yes, in the American political spectrum, Sweden would be considered "socialist", but not really anywhere else. And we non-Americans outnumber you, so you really should be following our model.