Interview · moment 33 of 45
Why Small Homogeneous Countries Can Do Socialism and America Can't
from The Joe Rogan Experience | The Tim Dillon Show #422 · #422
3 min
Guest
They discuss how Norway-style socialism works because of small homogeneous populations, while a diverse 300-million-person country faces different challenges, plus a joke about cold weather killing homeless encampments.
- Fire department as socialism everyone accepts: funded collectively so your house doesn't burn down and take the neighborhood with it.
- Socialism isn't really the problem—it's certain shared services like police and education that should be community assets, not luxury goods for the rich.
- Most countries people call socialist are actually capitalist with generous welfare states and significant private industry.
- Smaller socialist countries work because they're homogeneous populations sharing the same values and culture—nothing like managing 300 million people with conflicting religions and beliefs.
- Harsh winters naturally solve homelessness by killing people, which is why you can't maintain large tent communities in freezing climates the way you can in Los Angeles year-round.
- Universal basic income seems inevitable given the pace of job displacement coming from automation and AI.