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so-called "left-wing elites" still favor privatization while public ownership is never in the conversation, so yes.
by acomar 5y ago
so-called "left-wing elites" still favor privatization while public ownership is never in the conversation, so yes.
- krapp 5y agoyes, but the "left-wing elites" aren't the ones pushing political nihilism. "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" isn't something the left ever claims.
- whatshisface 5y agoAnyone father left than "slightly more money for foodstamps" may be heard saying exactly that - with the caveat that they're talking about our government, not the idea of government generally.
- nopenopenopeno 5y agoMarxist here. Just like any libertarian, we acknowledge the capitalist state as a monopoly on violence, but we also acknowledge the capitalist state exists because capital maintains it. When you understand this, you quickly realize that fighting for something like a national universal healthcare program challenges the capitalist state more than anything libertarians want to do.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 5y ago[dead]
- stjohnswarts 5y agoThat's because we've seen where that brand of socialism (and anarchy) leads --> authoritarianism. It has never worked on anything bigger than the village level. You need abstract means of exchange (money) to get people on a large scale to cooperate. People in my village do not care about people two villages over who they only ever barely met let alone someone hundreds of miles away.
- filoeleven 5y agoWe have all heard the horror stories of those notorious authoritarian hellholes like Denmark and Canada and Italy and South Korea and… Public ownership of certain systems does not imply abolishing money.