[jadedhacker]

I had just read this essay which advocated for the FANG + Microsoft to be nationalized and taken out of the profit system like the post office. It really resonated with me. If anything, the removal of profits would return the things we like about these companies and remove the things we despise while giving their customers more of a say in how they do buisness.

https://catalyst-journal.com/vol2/no1/between-cambridge-and-...

[chatmasta]

Google attracts the top engineers in the world because it can pay them the most money in the world through its profits. Take away profits, take away the engineers that made google valuable in the first place...

[solipsism]

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How's the USPS doing these days? Answer: it's being propped up like Bernie from Weekend At Bernie's. Spam mail is the only thing keeping it afloat.

A nationalized Microsoft full of federal employees would be an ineffective, bloated mess.

[hfdgiutdryg]

Spam mail is the only thing keeping it afloat.

The USPS is the only federal institution required to fully fund its retirement. It's also expected to act like an efficient, private business, but it's unable to set its prices.

The USPS is intentionally hamstrung so that conservatives can point to it as an example of how inefficient government is, and subsequently line their pockets thought privatization.