My friends family is from there, they are currently working on getting them into Canada.
Its funny as hell.@Blackwolf !
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WuWei
May 4, 2019, 1:11am
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We get it. The Shining Light of Socialism is growing dim.
WuWei
May 4, 2019, 1:12am
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adroit:
WuWei:
It’s boring dude.
Well, it is. He’s not good at it.
Since when has Venezuela been the shining light of socialism I though that was Norway and Finland.
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Your snide derision will not stop the great work of MAGA. When Donald comes fully into his kingdom, I will do my best to make sure he goes easy on you.
For the others? They shall be cast into the outer darkness, where there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth, and a decided lack of flags to hug and taco bowls.
Good for them. Someday soon we’ll try to do the same thing for my mom’s sister.
Norway is the home of major worldwide corporations. Venezuela is the home of confiscating the means of production. Don’t confuse social welfare and socialism.
Yes and those major worldwide corporation are owned by the government largest oil and gas company in Norway owned 67% by the government.
Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian state-owned multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger, Norway. It is primarily a petroleum company operating in 36 countries with additional investments in renewable energy. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Equinor was ranked as the 169th-largest public company in the world. As of 2021,[update] the company has 21,126 employees.
The current company was formed by the 2007 merger of Statoil with the oil and gas division of ...
Canada also has major government funded energy sector.
Hydro-Québec is a public utility that manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the Canadian province of Quebec, as well as the export of power to portions of the Northeast United States.
It was established by the Government of Quebec in 1944 from the expropriation of private firms. This was followed by massive investment in hydro-electric projects like the James Bay Project. Today, with 63 hydroelectric power stations, the combined output capacity is 37,370 megawat...
Hydro One Limited is an electricity transmission and distribution utility serving the Canadian province of Ontario. Hydro One traces its history to the early 20th century and the establishment of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (renamed "Ontario Hydro" in 1974). In October 1998, the provincial legislature passed the Energy Competition Act which restructured Ontario Hydro into separate entities responsible for electrical generation, transmission/delivery, and price management with...
Aker ASA is a Norwegian industrial investment company with ownership interests concentrated in oil and gas, renewable energy and green technologies, industrial software, seafood and marine biotechnology sectors. The company is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange. Aker's main shareholder is Kjell Inge Røkke, who owns 68.2% per cent of Aker through his company TRG Holding AS. The corporate headquarters are located in Fornebu, Norway. Aker was established in 1841 when Akers Mekaniske Verksted was founded...
Yes, the government does get involved in business corporations but it is not as universal as your post implies. I guess the lesson is don’t be a government that runs corporations unless you know what to do with them.
same could be said for private companies.
Norway, Canada, Finland all support publicly funding corporation operating in the private space.
