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> Have there been successful cases of countries with private infrastructure? Infrastructure generally starts out private and gets nationalized over time.
by PoignardAzur 5y ago
> Have there been successful cases of countries with private infrastructure?
Infrastructure generally starts out private and gets nationalized over time.
- thedmstdmstdmst 5y agoAre you sure it doesn't go the other way?
- PoignardAzur 5y agoYes, I am. As an example, the French public retirement pension system was built after WWII from a multitude of private pensions that were put in place over decades by various unions/corporations/guilds. Privatizations also happen, it's not an irreversible process, but over a scale of centuries I think the tendency is towards nationalization of utilities. (Though the US is an outlier in how little it nationalizes)