the real problem is that two core issues exist in opposition: 1) what is the most cost efficient way to solve the problem 2) how people feel about the chosen so

the real problem is that two core issues exist in opposition: 1) what is the most cost efficient way to solve the problem 2) how people feel about the chosen solution solving 1 does not automatically solve 2. the slider between anarchocapitalism and state-owned and -operated socialism belongs somewhere in the middle and everyone wants to tug it into a different spot. if theres anything the internet + social media is teaching us, its that the public has a very, very bad habit of watching one 15 second video of anecdata and vigorously extrapolating, thinking they have arrived at actual data. all it would take is a couple tweets about some homeless asshole partying in his free government house with his foodstamp money to upset 2 and overthrow 1, even if it was the best solution on the spreadsheet.