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The most cynical government haters I know fall into two categories: they either receive handouts from the government, or they receive paychecks via the governme
by saosebastiao 10y ago
The most cynical government haters I know fall into two categories: they either receive handouts from the government, or they receive paychecks via the government. It turns out that in order to benefit from the government, you have to deal with it a lot. We should learn to accept that they can see problems with something that they ultimately benefit from. And such critics might actually offer some very important criticism that tends to go unheard because we're too busy making fun of their "stupidity".
- matt_wulfeck 10y agoThis makes sense. Going to the DMV makes me strongly want to privatize the entire operation.
- evgen 10y agoAnd then dealing with a large private entity that has a major public-facing requirement like Comcast makes you want to nationalize the entire operation again. Round and round we go...
- someguydave 10y agoUmm, a company like Costco has a large public facing requirement and is great. You do realize that Comcast has been effectively been granted government status through its various federal and state grants of monopoly over cable infrastructure?
- evgen 10y agoCostco gets to pick and choose who its customers are, Comcast and others really do not have that option. Neither does the government. There is a big difference.
- someguydave 10y agoComcast can ban your account and refuse to do business with you.