Quote Originally Posted by TISS View Post
Depends on how you view democracy. Very few parties secure the popular majority although they may have a majority of seats.

Not all industries need be nationalised. In fact I would say none should be nationalised at all but some, such as trains, need a new economical model that takes the best of public and private. Total public ownership can lead to lack of productivity and total private ownership can lead to lack of investment. There has to be an optimum middle ground
The odd thing with the rails is that deutsche bahn run it, which is owned by the German public. It seems the government don't mind our rails being under state control, as long as it's not our state.