• ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
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    So what’s the alternative? State controlled media? Because that’s never used to push narratives and agendas.

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      The more voices the better. State run, private, individual. Break up large conglomerates like Sinclair. Reintroduce fairness doctrine.

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      Regulation on businesses and corporate spend.

      You can have free press if you limit who can influence it. From both corporations and the state.

      Prevent monopolies and the consolidation of news media. Promote dissenting opinions. Promote smaller news organizations and promote discussion.

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      That’s the elephant in the room that communists always conveniently overlook.

      “There never was real communism/socialism! We need to really move the means of production” - yeah and who will organize it? Who will ensure the organizers won’t just take it themselves? Because that’s what happened in every attempt.

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        Worker cooperatives function just fine. They range in size from a dozen employees to tens of thousands

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          The larger they get the more prone they are to becoming problematic. HOAs are a great example of this and require way fewer people before it’s an absolute shit show.

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          They pay workers significantly less than capitalist competition though. Somewhat contradicts the bad capitalist exploiter narrative.

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            Pay is quite variable among worker cooperatives. Some pay less than capitalist firms, some pay more. There’s a worker owned bicycle shop in my city that pays better than others that operate under a traditional business model