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by didibus 538 days ago
> The ultimate answer is that it doesn't matter that much who controls the means of production, as long as we have access to its fruits.

That mattered a lot in communist places, we saw it fail. Same thing with most authoritarian regime today, it's a crap shoot. You simply can't entrust a small group with full control on the means of production and expect them to make it efficient, cheap, innovative, sustainable and affordable.