• flandish@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    if it is necessary the industry behind it should not be allowed to profit and should be run and owned by the working public.

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        2 months ago

        If you mean letting public goods be run with a profit incentive for the purpose of increasing efficiency or such, I think what you’ll find every time is that the service shifts focus to the median user and disregards fringe cases like users with disabilities, remote areas, etc. I would also expect material quality to degrade as those with cheaper up-front costs would be valued over expensive durable ones.

        • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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          2 months ago

          no i meant more in the sense of: instead of the company not being allowed to profit, they can profit but 50% of the profit goes into the communal balance.

          it would be easier to implement that because all you have to do is to order that 50% of the company shares go towards the city/municipality.