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[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

We've tried that. What's prone to happen is the corporations spend money to the municipalities to deregulate. Let's stop giving them the chance. It hasn't worked. Let's instead go back to treating utilities as publically beneficial

[-] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Or they spend money to make them over regulate. Yeah. If we can't even control local politicians now, how do you propose we do close that bit of fuckery?

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

Continuous community organization and demonstration. Systematic election reform. Solidarity

[-] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Can we do that without any masters? Do we really have to choose one?

[-] _tezz@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Man you really just can't stand the idea of doing something without giving your money to venture capitalists, can you? You really think it's better that random billionaires in Silicon Valley and Jackson Hole control your power supply?

Americans are seriously ill, and need help.

[-] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

I absolutely can.

Venture capitalists shouldn't exist. Our laws shouldn't insulate people from liability.

[-] _tezz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

How do you suggest we run our utilities without private firms nor government firms?

[-] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

What's the difference between private and government?

We want voluntary associations, yea? So we work with/in our communities. We can choose larger or smaller municipalities or companies, but we don't violate the local, voluntary bits.

[-] _tezz@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

What's the difference between private and government?

Welp... In case you don't actually know, a lot....

https://www.cmich.edu/blog/all-things-higher-ed/difference-between-public-and-private-administration

We work with/in our communities.

Right. Our local governments. Government organizations.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

Having no masters would be exactly the aim. Ultimate power should lay in the hands of the people and government should only exist to serve the will of said people. I don't fully know what that should look like but I can say for sure we've tested a lot of ideas that aren't that, and that we should try some new things because what were doing now isn't working.

[-] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

I don't fully know what that should look like but I can say for sure we've tested a lot of ideas that aren't that, and that we should try some new things because what were doing now isn't working.

We're on the same page.

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