• memfree
      2•10 months ago

      I’m paranoid that if/when governments get in an argument, foreign infrastructure will either shut off or escalate pricing such that the public suffers (and yells at their local leaders to ‘do something!’).

      • @nekandro@lemmy.ml
        2•10 months ago

        These are factories in the US. The worst case is, the US seizes and nationalizes them. Wouldn’t be the first time.

        • memfree
          2•10 months ago

          True, but I’d still rather infrastructure to be publicly held utilities. Energy suppliers are a strange case because any company can become part of the grid, but the power lines to our homes are generally controlled by one entity. I want at least that entity to be responsive to the public, but I also don’t want random suppliers taking down the grid.

    • loathsome dongeaterEnglish
      5•10 months ago

      You should definitely care if only the intranationally owned factories are struggling. Means that they are doing something wrong.