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Every company should be owned by its employees (www.elysian.press)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That seems like an awfully swell nice ideal there, the reality though is where I live and people like me live where local governments just sells your water to private corporations and now you don't have enough water.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Definitely not saying it works pervasively, lots of jurisdictions work as plutocracies and have vacated any sense of public good. That some jurisdictions suck doesn't nullify the possibilities of cooperation and public good being the foundations of good governance.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I'd say it does. Because it's not an aberration. That's how capitalism works. If a corporation can Corner the market on a natural resource and screw the people over it will. That's by Design. That's why I don't trust any situation in which private ownership can own a natural resource that people rely upon. It will happen every single time.