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> A monopoly is the market's way of saying an industry/service should be nationalized. The U.S. doesn't have a nationally run garbage service. Police departmen
by humanrebar 9y ago
> A monopoly is the market's way of saying an industry/service should be nationalized.
The U.S. doesn't have a nationally run garbage service. Police departments aren't national. There is no national toll authority.
- jedharris 9y agoSo yeah, publify not nationalize. But the argument is clear. Not going to resist the rationality of the market, after all. Wonder why there’s no standard term for “publify”? Let’s change that!
- humanrebar 9y agoBut there still is a market. Cities compete against each other and that keeps them honest. If a city neglects it's police force, it faces demographic consequences. And if citizens are hurt by poor policing, they have other cities to choose. These properties are not true to the same degree in national issues.