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by rayiner 1255 days ago
Amtrak is owned by the federal government. The President appoints the board of directors. It’s literally socialist (public ownership of the capital stock).
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The video is mostly about private freight rail.
Technically you vote for a capitalist oligarch to represent you, the peasant types like AOC are rare in elections. The only "socialism" here is socialism for the rich.