Do firefighters and police own the means of production??
Someone doesn’t know the definition of socialism. At best these are social services.
Also police literally have a long history of violently putting down unionization efforts despite having a union themselves.
Also police literally have a long history of violently putting down unionization efforts despite having a union themselves.
Speaking of the police: they sometimes beat one of their own too, and nobody else would speak up as a witness.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/41445902
(He is a Black American cop)
And just like that, we find all the pro capitalists. Go beyond healthcare to another basic need, and it gets defended. No wonder we can’t push it the other way. We’d love to seize the means, but there has to be a path.
Libraries too
Public institutions of education
Its almost as if socialism makes total sense.
Counterpoint: Feudalism also had these.
You rn:
Socialism is when the government does stuff. The more stuff the government does, the more socialister it is! And when the government does a whole bunch of stuff, that’s GOMmUNISM!!1!
I mean… They aren’t? Maybe do some cursory research yourself instead of making bad faith Lemmy posts?
Socialized loss for privatized gain
