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I find it funny when people think socialism would fix America because musk is only rich because of government intervention The government u want to enforce fairness has led to a more unfair system then the bullshit we were already dealing with
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Anonymous 14w

idk why this is getting upvoted, it’s a 3rd grade level political take

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Anonymous 14w

This sounds more like anti government of any form than anti socialism

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Anonymous 14w

I assume under the system they’re envisioning, there wouldn’t be many contractors at all. Everything would be done in-house or by state-owned companies, not private companies

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 14w

Any system of government would work just fine if people weren’t corrupt

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

Well that’s communism. For socialism we already have than in America. Every company you see that says it’s entirely worker owned is socialist

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 14w

Idk if I’ve ever seen a company say it’s entirely worker-owned lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_employee-owned_companies Ones on there you probably know: Great Lakes Brewing Company Herman Miller Hy-Vee Woodman’s Markets

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 14w

Wait ESOPs are considered socialism?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

Well not always. If they employees own a significant majority of the stock and they also get major say in how the company runs then yes, that’s socialism

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 14w

hmm interesting

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

Workers owning the means of productions: Socialism Government owning the means of production: Communism The ultra rich owning the means of production: Capitalism

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