UK Labour Leader proposes a publicly-funded alternative to Facebook

Re:UK Labour Leader proposes a publicly-funded alternative t... by comice on Thursday August 23, 2018 @11:29AM (#17828043)

"What escapes the left completely, is that there is a free market. Which can and always does a better job than central planning."

It might escape them, or it might not be universally true.

You might not be from the UK but surely you're aware of the BBC, which provides extremely high quality media and raises the bar here for the "free market". Our media companies here are better because of the existence of the BBC.

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Re:UK Labour Leader proposes a publicly-funded alternative t... by harel on Thursday August 23, 2018 @11:36AM (#17828110)

That is true, but there has to be a balance between public and commercial, and "balance" is a lacking feature with most (if not all) political parties, and in particular with Labour at the moment (this idea beggars belief and is an example of that). Come to think of it, Balance is a lacking feature in the world right now in general.

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