> Funny how well it works in most other places to put shared infrastructure in the hands of the public. You use the word "funny" in a way that suggests it's a

> Funny how well it works in most other places to put shared infrastructure in the hands of the public. You use the word "funny" in a way that suggests it's a coincidence, but let me introduce a different explanation: In a landmass controlled by imperialistic government, as the USA is today, "public" and "government" have little discernible overlap. That may explain why public services (I'm thinking especially of health care) work so well in present-day Europe but not in the USA.