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In real life: - a private company is accountable to its customers, otherwise it will die (assuming there is choice of service providers). - government's custo
by jazzyk 11y ago
In real life:
- a private company is accountable to its customers, otherwise it will die (assuming there is choice of service providers).
- government's customers (citizens) have NO choice - they are stuck with the same people, despite elections. So the government's "accountability" is for the birds.
- Apocryphon 11y agoWell, in the ridesharing space, how much of a choice is there? Lyft is barely holding on in the face of the Uber juggernaut, despite an existing public perception of Uber as vaguely sinister and evil (at least after last year's scandals).
- jazzyk 11y agoKnowing that Lyft (or whoever) may quickly replace them if they turn expensive/unreliable will keep Uber on their toes. This is not the case with the government - you can't just start using another government service if the current one sucks.
- Apocryphon 11y agoAh, but you can vote it out.