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Tankies live in alternate reality where they think that nationalization is extremely common and is a magical solution to all of societies problems… even though this view is entirely delusional.

For example, only 3 countries have nationalized the entire ISP industry, and those are Cuba, Turkmenistan, and North Korea. All three of which are horrid tyrannical dictatorships with horrible internet. We should NOT be like them. Even when it comes to health insurance, except for 3 countries I just mentioned, every single country allows private health insurance, even if their system is public. Clearly nationalization is not what you think it is.

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pneumatron@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I’m Mexican bro. Tankie your ass. You don’t have to have a shitty dictatorship to have nationalized services. Clearly you don’t know as much as you think you do.

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- Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Most countries have public options for services and private alternatives as either competitors, backups, or complimentary pieces. It’s very rare for countries to completely nationalize sectors, and it’s especially rare for them to national that many sectors.
  
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  - pneumatron@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yep that’s my point. Not everything needs be a business.
    
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    TronBronson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Allowing government to compete with business creates better outcomes in both. There is certainly something to be said about a more involved government. It’s really silly to allow big business or the government to have a monopoly on critical services.
    
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    Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    My point is that this can be and is often done without nationalizing entire sectors of the economy
    
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TronBronson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I hate tankies, but not as much as I hate Nazis. Desperate times call for desperate measures. We’re losing 100 years of social advancement. But here you are telling us to protect the fucking corporations that are sucking them up.

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- Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  This is a false dichotomy. We don’t have to accept either Nazis Marxists. Fuck them both, there other options out that are much better.
  
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Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
LOL “We should NOT be like them.”
And then starts talking about health insurance. What health insurance?
You can only dream of being like Cuba.
But your shithole country keeps licking the boots and are good little servants of the oligarch ruling class.
And that’s great, you deserve all you get, all you do is comlain and cry about it online anyway.

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- Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Cuba is a shithole by every definition of the word. The only people in the world who think Cuba is decent are brainless Marxists online. Even Cubans don’t agree with your delusions.
  
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mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Tankies

boy howdy you’ve got the entire strawman army mustered in this thread.

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- Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It seems like you don’t know what that term means
  
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  - mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Sure thing sport. I must be a tankie lol. You toolbag
    
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    Gorilladrums@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    A strawman is when somebody mischaracterize an argument, calling someone a tankie is not that.
    
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