somethingsnappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoFirefighters and Police are socialism. Change my mind.message-squaremessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down130
arrow-up1-12arrow-down1message-squareFirefighters and Police are socialism. Change my mind.somethingsnappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoDo firefighters and police own the means of production?? Someone doesn’t know the definition of socialism. At best these are social services. Also police literally have a long history of violently putting down unionization efforts despite having a union themselves.
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minus-squaresomethingsnappy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAnd just like that, we find all the pro capitalists. Go beyond healthcare to another basic need, and it gets defended. No wonder we can’t push it the other way. We’d love to seize the means, but there has to be a path.
Do firefighters and police own the means of production??
Someone doesn’t know the definition of socialism. At best these are social services.
Also police literally have a long history of violently putting down unionization efforts despite having a union themselves.
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And just like that, we find all the pro capitalists. Go beyond healthcare to another basic need, and it gets defended. No wonder we can’t push it the other way. We’d love to seize the means, but there has to be a path.