I’m all for nationalising infrastructure, including houses, but you would still have to compensate shareholders unfortunately. If we didn’t (which is an option) the markets would react very badly and make Liz Truss seem like a genius.
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huf@hexbear.net 2 months agoThese are private companies and the government has little control over them.
lol, they have an army, just send it in and nationalize the shit out of them. the government has as much control as it wants to have.
Espiritdescali@futurology.today 2 months ago
huf@hexbear.net 2 months ago
only if you let them. why does the government have to allow capital flight in the first place?
Espiritdescali@futurology.today 2 months ago
Because we are not a dictatorship and have no desire to be one.
Kuori@hexbear.net 2 months ago
you are a dictatorship, of capital
the alternative is a government that serves the people instead of the wealthy, but who wants that?
huf@hexbear.net 2 months ago
lol
frazorth@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Tax the crap out of them until they build is usually easier.
huf@hexbear.net 2 months ago
neither of those are gonna happen, so it doesnt matter