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Proletariat shopping time... (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Oh yeah, they tried this in China in the 50s. It went great.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It would be stupid and terrible either way, but that was a government takeover.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

but that was a government takeover.

How else do you imagine a large-scale infrastructure would happen? an angry mob?

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Did you read the post?

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

It was something they could do a few times. It makes a nice story, but doesn't mean there was any significant change.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

The post is not a description of large-scale infrastructure takeover. That was literally the point of this comment thread.