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Because if they aren't, they are unsustainable. It's good to have self-sustainable industries rather than endless businesses (state owned or not) forever suckin

• growse 2y ago
  > It's good to have self-sustainable industries... There's no such thing as a 'self-sustaining industry'. They all rely on common transportation infrastructure which they use to ship their materials and goods around and get their employees to work. They all rely on a predictable and fair marketplace whose fairness is governed by the state, and they all rely on people not coming and burning their premises down because they're protected by the state!
  • missedthecue 2y ago
    Self sustaining means they generate enough revenues to cover their costs. Not that they are closed systems with no interaction with general society.
    • growse 2y ago
      My point is that they don't feel their costs. Therefore by definition they're all "forever sucking on the public teet."