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Originally Posted by Reiwa
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And despite recognizing it's shitty for democratic socialists to seize the means of production, you're still all for it?
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I recognized no such thing. If I
implied anything in that post, it was that the Vietnam War draft sucked.
But look, it's not about extremes. Everyone (sane) agrees that public roads are a good thing. So are public firefighters, public police, teachers, emergency rooms, etc.
Now, you can debate details, like whether those public police departments should be buying and using military goods ... but no one (sane) is saying we should eliminate all police and just let the purge begin ... not even BLM.
At the same time, no one sane would say the government should take over everything. There's a wealth of evidence showing that the government is not as good as the private sector at planning, and when it tries you wind up with the USSR and shortages on basic goods.
A healthy society has some private institutions, and some public ones ... but it has
both kept in check by a well-balanced system of incentives that ensure
both ultimately serve society's interest.
Our problem here in America is that those balancing systems have become unbalanced, and now our institutions often don't serve anyone except shareholders.