The more an oil company is controlled by the state, the less responsibly it behaves — from the treatment of workers to corruption to environmental impact.
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f you happened to be sailing on the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week, you could have witnessed a dramatic example of genuine socialism in action — and it looked a bit like Sauron.
The “eye of fire” — a conflagration on the surface of the water of the Gulf of Mexico — was the work of Pemex, the state-owned oil company operated by the Mexican government. It was caused by a massive gas leak that apparently was set afire by lightning.
The Gulf of Mexico hasn’t seen that much socialism in action since the Mariel boatlift.
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