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Re: I hate socialism but..... shouldn't a nations resources be nationalized?
by
MonadTran
on 08/03/2013, 07:44:30 UTC
I'll let myself remove from your question emotional and illusory stuff. The concepts of "nation" and "country" are illusory and are in complete contradiction with basic human rights. Your love / hate are emotional and not related to your question. What's left is this:

Should resources be exploitable? To me it means environmentally destructive practices possibly.

Now, I have a few questions.

What's "resources"? Like, I am not allowed to burn wood, coal, oil, uranium, build hydroelectric powerplants, dig for stone, copper, iron, eat animals or plants? Just because this might cause some damage to the environment? Ok. But I will die from starvation. And you won't have too much time to be happy for the environment, because you will die too.

Let's suppose you meant something else. Say, some resources, like oil, should belong to everybody, and everyone should have a vote on how to use them. Fine. Suppose you have that vote - you are a shareholder of Worldwide Oil, Inc. Where do you find oil? Where would your company get money to build an oil well? Are you willing to participate in shareholders' meetings? Who's going to pay employees? Are you really interested in working on this? If not, wouldn't it be better for you to sell your share to a person who knows what to do with it, and has the resources necessary to start the business, so that you could buy a share in a well-established company instead? Can shareholders of Worldwide Oil, Inc. decide for a split-up into American Oil, Inc., Asian Oil, Inc., and so on, to make it more manageable? You see where I am getting it. We might end up with something that is almost like what we have now.