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Why is it such a crazy idea that the public should own the means of production? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by the_wizard_of_0Z@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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We have lost all sense of self preservation. Almost like we the gipity. Which came first the gipity or the ape? I swear chain smoking monkeys driving cars.

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

How can you say this about industry, but not something already publicly owned, like police, fire departments or military? And yes, yes, I know how well some of those are run, BUT, would they be better under private control? Hell no. In fact, I'm pretty sure they'd be better without the corrupting influence private wealth has on our political system.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 hours ago

Fire Depts are generally pretty well run tbh