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[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Argentina has somewhat of a history of workers seizing their factories. I think it would be extremely hard in the U.S. due to the well-funded police. Generally, I guess the movement would be "anarcho-syndicalism."

Edit: misremembered worker factory takeovers in the past as occurring in Venezuela instead of Argentina.

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[–] Twoafros@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Thanks. I didn't know about Venezuela's history at all. But I meant not more on a policy level to mandate that all companies must be owned equally by employees instead of shareholders

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[–] Chewget@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

They'll send in the national guard

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[–] rodkaroma117@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Got some sources on that? I was born and raised there and all I can find is the government seizing factories, not the workers