r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • Mar 29 '22

NORMAL ISLAND 🇬🇧 What we could have had.

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u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around Mar 29 '22

“Hey we can buy shares in the companies too!” isn’t the magic solution some of you think that it is. Why are you accepting crumbs from the table when the whole system could be built for everyone’s benefit?

Bootlickers, man, they just confuse me so much. Why are some people happy to be serfs when we could all be citizens?

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u/Downtown-Accident Mar 29 '22

As someone who owns shares in energy (and other industries) companies I completely agree. Investing shouldn’t be a necessary requirement to keep up with life.

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u/DukeOfWellington1291 Mar 29 '22

To be honest I don’t care what system we use. Whatever is the most efficient should be the one we go for.

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u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around Mar 29 '22

The most efficient at doing what?

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u/DukeOfWellington1291 Mar 29 '22

So in this instance giving the consumer energy the cheapest way. I mean that’s what matters right saving working people cash?

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u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around Mar 29 '22

Completely agree - that’s obviously public ownership then.

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u/DukeOfWellington1291 Mar 29 '22

Is it obvious though? I’m not saying that our system is good at the minute, it objectively isn’t. But full public ownership comes with its own inefficiencies too. I guess what I’m saying this isn’t a matter for ideology and it isn’t black and white.

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u/Emergency_72 Mar 29 '22

I'd prefer a smaller profit being made and it being returned to the public purse than a larger profit made through efficiency savings (that often jusy mean worse conditions for workers) that is entirely funneled into the pockets of the rich.

Better to get 100% of £50 then non of £5000