• original_ish_name@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I’m south african. My government has the means of production for electricity seized (they own Eskom which has a monopoly.) It is well known that while the regular person has to deal with load shedding, the government officials do not

    Add the issues with South African Airways and I would not like all the means of production to be owned by the government

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      1 year ago

      Trust me, you don’t want those amenities in the hands of unelected greedy business men either.

      Load shedding is still better than not having any electricity at all because it isn’t profitable enough to manage the power net in your region.

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        1 year ago

        At least the greedy business men have a business to run. The politicians just get bailed out and spend it on luxury cars

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      1 year ago

      You live in a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, i.e. a liberal democracy where the bourgeoisie (owners of the means of production) dictate the laws.

      State owned companies work for the interests of the ruling class, in this case the bourgeoisie, so you can bet it is subsidized by the people and the ruling class (and their businesses) benefit off it. (Socializing losses and privatizing profits)

      If it was owned by say Elon Musk, it wouldn’t be any different for the regular working class people. Only the relations between the bourgeoisie may change.