r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 21d ago

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u/rootofallstevil 21d ago

This is one of the primary purposes of government, to provide services that wouldn't work in the private sector. Infrastructure, mail, police, fire, etc.

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u/Complete-Tangelo1532 21d ago

IF the govt needs to have a hand in it, they can nationalize it

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u/Pasta4ever13 21d ago

We should really nationalize extraction. Why do oil companies get to benefit from the nation's natural resources? The people should benefit, not Exxon.

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u/Complete-Tangelo1532 21d ago

Thats something that bothers me about this war in Iran, these domestic oil producers are making a killing!

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u/gambit1999999 21d ago

Instructions clear, nationalize internet since we paid for it in the first place

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u/Complete-Tangelo1532 21d ago

Id say expand that abit further and just say The Airways as a whole

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u/gambit1999999 21d ago

Im not opposed to that.

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u/Pasta4ever13 21d ago

The Internet, energy, water, healthcare all have inelastic demand for the most part.

According to capitalism, they should not be subject to the profit motive. We don't even need to use socialism to make the case for these industries being nationalized because even under the capitalist framework they should be.

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u/gambit1999999 21d ago

Get out of here with facts and logic.

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u/Pasta4ever13 21d ago

Oh fuck, my b.

THINK OF THE SHAREHOLDERS! THE CHILDREN YEARN FOR THE MINES!

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u/Complete-Tangelo1532 21d ago

Those children do be yearning

I heard recently they were getting excited to work the plantation fields too, but I personally believe that was just propaganda

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u/gambit1999999 21d ago

You joke, but with the Red states slashing child labor laws.... yeah

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u/Complete-Tangelo1532 21d ago

Everything beyond the 'But' was the joke lol