5 ms·
Even here in Russia, which is famous for its awful roads, there's plenty of private roads, both closed to public, and operated for-profit with toll booths that
by golergka 6y ago
Even here in Russia, which is famous for its awful roads, there's plenty of private roads, both closed to public, and operated for-profit with toll booths that are in great condition. Tragedy of the commons doesn't happen when things actually belong to someone.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoIf I had a penny for every time people write blanket statements of this nature, id be a wealthy man. The list of privatised institutions that perform worse than their publically owned equivalents nations is very long. Passenger rail in US and UK is privately owned and terrible compared to French and Spanish. US broadband is quite poor. US healthcare is much worse value. Private prisons - I dont even know what they were thinking. One must carefully access if market-based solution for a given problem is suitable, or if the potential for abuse and natural monopoly just too great.
- valuearb 6y agoAmtrak is owned by the US government. US broadband is run by local monopolies established by government action. US Healthcare is heavily regulated, and grew massively expensive only after regulations were added, and preconditions were excluded. All US prisons have problems. You have any real examples?
- ClumsyPilot 6y ago> Amtrak is owned by the US government. Irrelevant. The actual railroads are private, and Amtrak gets shafted. Look at the state of US passenger railways, and compare them to trains in France or Spain. All countries with successful passenger rail have them public. You will find find same pattern for all examples given.
- valuearb 6y agoSo your only example of the ills of privatization, is a company that wasn’t ever really privatized?
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoI can't help you if you intentionally misconstrue everything I write. If you wish to continue believing that privatisation can never have negative results, please do. But even a casual reading of history or economics will demonstrate that's wrong.
- valuearb 6y agoI’ve done far more than a casual reading of economics, and since you can’t provide a single example of the ills of privatization I suspect your reading barely reached casual levels.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoIf you are going to taunt me, put in some effort and bring something to the table. Present your point of view and contribute to the conversation instead of just criticising and nitpicking. You are just asking me to google things for you. With your great knowledge of economics I am sure you can summarise the history of privatisation far better than I ever could, so please share your wisdom with us.
- valuearb 6y agoYou made your claims, I clearly debunked them. I decline to spend my time to continue your free education any further, unless you put the effort in.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoYou demonstrate hypocrisy and blatant disrespect for your interlocutor. Your 'debubking' is low-effort critisism. You've contributed nothing factual or informative. You don't even bother making claims, or aswering any of my direct questions.