• The Quuuuuill
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    37 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

    • @[email protected]
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      17 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?

      • The Quuuuuill
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        37 months ago

        Continuous community organization and demonstration. Systematic election reform. Solidarity

          • @_tezz
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            7 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.

            • @[email protected]
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              17 months ago

              I absolutely can.

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

              • @_tezz
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                17 months ago

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

          • The Quuuuuill
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            17 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.

            • @[email protected]
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              17 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.