Anonymous asked:
Stumbled upon this post tumblr.com/amtrak-official/756979579402452992 while looking for a different one and had to do a double take. It is insane to see a blog with amtrak in its name make the same argument that is made against amtrak year after year, namely that "you are … paying a company that can't manage its own finances to stay afloat." Support or oppose tumblrs push to become user-funded for whatever reasons you like, but don't push such obviously misguided arguments.
amtrak-official answered:
Amtrak is a federal service, it should have no expectation of profitability, tumblr is a private corporation with no connection to the government. That right there is a massive difference
The point of public transit is not to make money, it's to provide a public good. The point of a social media platform is to make money, based off the fact they are once again private companies with no ties to the federal government
Clearly the solution here is to nationalize Tumblr.
I would be in support of such an action
