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Between this: >Governments are the largest, most inefficient and wasteful monopolies in the world. There's zero incentive for them to provide cost effective or
by dawg- 7y ago
Between this:
>Governments are the largest, most inefficient and wasteful monopolies in the world. There's zero incentive for them to provide cost effective or reliable solutions to problems. Private sector alternatives are better the large majority of the time.
and this:
>Privatisation of essential infrastructure leads to price gouging, service failure, and cartel behaviour. There’s zero incentive for corporations to provide cost effective or reliable solutions to problems. The actual incentive is to raise the cost of the service you need to the point where you can barely afford the service, but aren’t motivated to either do without or start your own business to compete.
lies our political divide. It seems like politics is just these two viewpoints bouncing back and forth at one another over and over and over again.
On a completely separate note, if you want people to take you seriously I would suggest not using a video game to bolster your argument.
- manicdee 7y agoThe key to having a political divide is to avoid paying attention to reality, such as dismissing the gambling industry as “a video game”. Once you have experience with capitalism in the real world you will find that “corporations suck” and “governments suck” are not two sides of a political divide but simply two versions of the same problem: power corrupts, and anyone granted power needs regulation and oversight.
- dawg- 7y ago>Once you have experience with capitalism in the real world This is an incredibly snide, condescending thing to say to someone you don't know anything about. So your experience is the "real world", and anyone who thinks differently from you must be hallucinating, right? Sometimes I think it would be nice to be so confident.