Since New Jersey nationalized their rail tracks in 79, no state has nationalized their trains since, which state is most likely to do it next. Account for political will and skill when voting please
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In this episode, Jared & I discuss the conflict in #Haiti, & the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program (#ACP) that provides internet to 1 in 6 in the US, that will potentially strip the most vulnerable of internet access, & the need for #nationalization of utilities and services.
Jared also treats us to an original song.
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Socialism was never about nationalization, it was always about public ownership.
We don't support nationalization during capitalism, and we don't support privatization either.
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"The French nationalizations supply an example [of a nursery of the New Class]: the heads of the nationalized enterprises, many of whom hold a party card, behave like the old bosses: same attitudes, same reactions. Perhaps there is a difference: the new bosses claim to be of the proletariat! So, the Socialist Party has not colonized the bourgeois state; the other way round is nearer the truth."
- Maurice Dufour, 1958
[Dufour is a curious figure, who appears to have been involved with the Pat Line in occupied France, but was also under suspicion of being associated with Cagoulards and was sympathetic post-war to the various descendants of Ordre nouveau. He was a critic of planisme and dirigisme in the French economy, which is how I think I found this quote years ago while researching my thesis...]
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Alright now this pissed me off
What do you MEAN you're going to remove one of the most important aspects of Sokka's character arc in the first season? What do you MEAN you're going to remove Sokka unlearning misogyny, accepting change and embracing his role as a fighter and protector of the Avatar in order to end the war? What do you MEAN???
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"B-but Palestinians can get their freedom with peace not violence 🥺🥺" no. Screw your feelings. The armed resistance against colonizers and murderers is what will give Palestinians their freedom and what will eventually achieve real peace.
An enemy that bombs and uses white phosphorus against civilians doesn't know nor practice what your broken moral compass describes as "peace". Freedom was proven throughout history not to be achieved through kneeling and asking the oppressor to kindly stop. Freedom needs to be taken by force. Your little Utopian way of thinking doesn't work in the real world. Your feelings don't matter because you're not the one living under occupation. Your feelings don't matter because you're not one of the thousands of children who lost their limbs. You're not one of the children who became orphans due to this genocide. You're not the mother who lost her child to the carpet bombing. You're not the father carrying the remains of your child in plastic bags. You're not the newlywed woman who lost her husband. You're not the one at risk of either getting killed any second or losing your loved ones in the blink of an eye!
"Peace" is not really a thing you see during a live ethnic cleansing!
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