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[–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

I really like this idea on its own. Multiple public options providers for multiple different products. Water/Electricity should be government run imo; but for Food? Household items? I'd love to see a multitude of government-stamped collectives that we could support. Actually... this was exactly what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was attempting with his National Recovery Administration.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago*

    Yes. The key thing is that when the dominant actors in the space start rent seeking, the government should be responsible to step in with a minimal cost good enough alternative.

    We have collective action through violence already. We should strive for collective action without the violence.

    Even the rent-seekers are better off, if we can figure it out, because they don't have to live in fear of being Brian Thompson-ed.

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