Socialist nations have a long and sordid history of failing at managing public infrastructure, so I assume you're not referring to socialism, but democratic socialism. If so, the distinction doesn't help us here. We still need to figure out the right balance of control and independence.
My country (Denmark) is social democratic which has nothing to do with socialism. Tired of Americans calling this place "socialist" like we are Cuba.
authoritarian capitalism -> fascism
democratic capitalism -> capitalism
democratic socialism -> socialism
authoritarian socialism -> communism
From the mixed economy wikipedia:
> Common to all mixed economies is a combination of free-market principles and principles of socialism.[5]
From the socialism page of wikipedia:
> While no single definition encapsulates the many types of socialism,[13] social ownership is the one common element,[6][14] and is considered left-wing.[15]
If you don't have to pay tolls for the majority of the roads that you drive on, you are living a mixed economy because those toll free roads are owned by the state, not by private companies or individuals, and are paid for by taxes. Which makes them a socialist element, most likely within a majority capitalist system. Which makes what you live in a mixed economy. The vast majority of countries on the planet are mixed economies.
It astounds me how this keeps coming up on HN over and over again.
