• jali67@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    Large corporations and oligarchs are better? I’ll take the government. At least we can vote on them.

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      3 hours ago

      I think co-ops are the way to go, but I can understand that someone “just” wanting to purchase the good/service might not see the difference between a co-op and corporation like Amazon.

      I don’t think it’s a size issue really, but co-ops generally stay smaller in part due to how they are internally organized compared to a “median” corporation.

      I also think that the government actually does a pretty good job at managing things; it’s just their failures are public. Private boondoggles might drive many people into bankruptcy, but they aren’t publicized any more than absolutely necessary.

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      2 hours ago

      It would be a more meaningful discussion if the government wasn’t controlled so much by large corporations and oligarchs.

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      3 hours ago

      Government is also the entity that will be prosecuting/persecuting you when they don’t like what you have to say.

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      4 hours ago

      Sorry but this is a ridiculous argument. What entity has dropped nukes on an entire population? Who is the current president of the US? Insane take.

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        Oil companies are private. Wars are started for oil.

        Also government distrust and heavy focus on its inefficiencies is a tried and true right wing/authoritarian tactic. The public gobble it up because they dont take 6 seconds to actually think.

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        4 hours ago

        Do you literally hear yourself? You think large corporate and oligarchs run insurance, tech, etc., is a better route than a public option? 💀 Jeff Bezos, Musk, Thiel, and Ellison for everything?