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Comment by bongodongobob

16 hours ago

I'd rather the citizens control the companies than the other way around.

Branding nationalizing companies as “citizens control” is quite the spin. Chinese citizens surely own the means of production, right?

  • I suppose that depends on whether said country is a democracy where citizens control the government or a dictatorship where they do not.

  • Nationalizing a company isn't communism and isn't intended to resemble it.

    • Indeed, it’s actually a horrific non-communist pro-capitalist version that leaves citizens much worse off - see “bailout socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for masses”.