> we also didn't pay to build several competing overlapping systems I think you're missing the history of utilities but also most public granted monopolies: th

> we also didn't pay to build several competing overlapping systems I think you're missing the history of utilities but also most public granted monopolies: they did grow out of several competing businesses. In the case of electricity, water, subway systems, most of these institutions will trace back to a history of privatized providers competing to establish a market. These utilities having a monopoly from the jump in any new developments is only because we've inherited that history and know better. It's only in the aftermath of providers clashing to an annoying enough degree that granted monopolies get created.