I'm south african. My government has the means of production for electricity seized (they own Eskom which has a monopoly.) It is well known that while the regular person has to deal with load shedding, the government officials do not

Add the issues with South African Airways and I would not like all the means of production to be owned by the government

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trust me, you don't want those amenities in the hands of unelected greedy business men either.

Load shedding is still better than not having any electricity at all because it isn't profitable enough to manage the power net in your region.

[–] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

At least the greedy business men have a business to run. The politicians just get bailed out and spend it on luxury cars

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

should be owned by the people

[–] original_ish_name@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I trust those people even less