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onoz, south korea has long work hours. I guess that's why they are all trying to sneak their way into North Korea and Vietnam.

Chile has one of the the highest economic freedom ratings in the world.
Chile elected a Moscow crony before the government was overthrown and there is no proof anyone from the CIA had a gun to Pinochet's head and forced him to start a coup.
Chile became a democracy in 1990 after 20 years, North Korea still isn't a democracy after well over 50 years. The free market prevented Pinochet from creating a complete totalitarianism.

Do western socialists believe the west exploits poorer nations or that economic interactivity is in fact beneficial to these nations by facilitating the sharing of technology, expertise and investments? If they believe the latter they certainly don't sound like any of the socialists I have come across.

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/demowar.htm
"Also, every Finnish soldier fighting the USSR meant that one German soldier could be sent west to fight the Allies. Every Russian soldier killed by the Finns weakened the Allied war effort."
Or maybe the USSR shouldn't have declared war on Finland? Democracies can declare war on each other, but with poor arguments like this it cannot be said the democracies are equally aggressive to the Stalinist dictatorship you have just admitted to supporting.