Lots of liberals on here parroting the "should have gotten out when they had the chance" line. In reality, the threat of capital flight is largely a myth. Sure, you can maybe escape with much of your finance capital, but you can't take the factories and the worker who fill them with you.

[–] HungoverRabbit@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And? What does it matter whether they keep their Russian factories if they pull out of Russia?

[–] red@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

They probably paid money to get them/build them. Probably near impossible to just "sell and cash out".

But that's on them and any corporation that invested in that cesspool. Stupid risks, worse consequences.

[–] o_d@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It matters because the factories and more specifically, the workers who fill them are the ones creating value. Had they pulled out sooner, the result likely would have been the same, the state taking over management.

While I don't particularly care about private property being "repossessed" by the state, especially in an oligarchal capitalist state like Russia where it's not likely to have any large material benefit for the working class, its just funny that liberals throw stuff like this around without any analysis of the situation.

[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What this pretty much guarantees is that once the sanctions are lifted, no company is going to want to reinvest in any new factories there. You only get to seize the factories once.

[–] o_d@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

You underestimate the allure imperialism has on capital owners.

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