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Sounds like communism. (Original Post) Swede 18 hrs ago OP
Instead of making arbitrary threats after creating this problem.....implement price controls. ☮ walkingman 18 hrs ago #1
What a nasty asswipe UpInArms 18 hrs ago #2
Not a fan of these companies JBTaurus83 18 hrs ago #3
My guess he gave no order to investigate his biggest donors. surfered 18 hrs ago #4
Nah. Under communism ... Igel 15 hrs ago #5
Like that's a bad thing : ) orthoclad 14 hrs ago #6

walkingman

(11,289 posts)
1. Instead of making arbitrary threats after creating this problem.....implement price controls. ☮
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:35 AM
18 hrs ago

UpInArms

(55,641 posts)
2. What a nasty asswipe
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:42 AM
18 hrs ago

Bitching about all the problems he created and trying to foist the blame onto someone else

JBTaurus83

(1,848 posts)
3. Not a fan of these companies
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:48 AM
18 hrs ago

But that’s not how a supply chain and pricing works. More hot air and fake outrage from the gas bag.

surfered

(15,034 posts)
4. My guess he gave no order to investigate his biggest donors.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:19 AM
18 hrs ago

This is to sooth his base , acting like he’s doing something.

Igel

(37,677 posts)
5. Nah. Under communism ...
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 01:50 PM
15 hrs ago

well, socialism, actually, since communism is a post-socialist utopian ideal where the government's withered away because the perfectly socialized populace doesn't need it, the government would be the oil companies and, well, they'd just set the prices.

At least that's what it used to be, as opposed to "state-run social safety net," making 'socialist' Sweden as it was a few decades back always pretty much completely capitalist.

Then again, maybe you'd have small patch of land to call your own, but the government would de facto own or control with 'ownership' being meaningless pretty much everything that's not really just personal (like clothes, car, furniture): housing, the gas stations, the oil refineries, the burger joint down the street, the place you get your hair cut and the doctor's office.

Not investigate. Popular ownership through those that 'represent the people'.

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