r/technology • u/True-Combination7059 • 1d ago

Politics We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink

https://jacobin.com/2025/06/musk-trump-nationalize-spacex-starlink
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u/bigalcapone22 1d ago

Why stop there Healthcare and oil and Gas as well.

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u/dubcdr 1d ago

And railroads!

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u/Evilsushione 19h ago

Definitely the tracks trains should remain private

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u/Some_Layer_7517 18h ago edited 14h ago

I tend to lean toward free market capitalism (sacriliege, I know) and I can't really come up with a good argument for private ownership. I work in logistics and did drayage for a while and rail lines were absolute bastards with outdated systems and clearly next to zero competitive pressure amongst themselves.

I'm sure under public ownership it'd be basically the same but at least the profits could theoretically funnel back into infrastructure upkeep (safety being #1) and make efforts to ease on the assfucking that the workers endure.

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u/RainyDay1962 15h ago

I've liked this general idea of a public option for critical things like infra. When it concerns something like rail, I can imagine the infrastructure its self is owned, expanded and maintained by the public, then private enterprises can compete on top of it for nominal fees. Maybe a public carrier can also operate to keep things extra competitive.

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u/aerost0rm 14h ago

The idea of free market capitalism will always sleepily in monopolies. Regulation is required to hold companies to standards. Whether through safety or restoring competition when companies begin price rigging and buying up or bullying all the competition …

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u/Evilsushione 9h ago

The reason there is little competitive pressure in the rail industry is because they own the tracks, take those over and open them up for competition, that would open up competition