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"How many of those services were purposely broken by libertarians," Umm none? I don't recall a Libertarian ever being in power. "When something is privatized,

• ryan_lane 4y ago
  > Umm none? I don't recall a Libertarian ever being in power. A pretty good percentage of the republican party considers themselves libertarians, and libertarians vote for republicans who hold views strikingly similar to them. The post office is a great example of a (previously excellent) government service that's been purposely degraded so that it can be made a target for privatization. The public school system has already started going through this with charter schools, which are mostly an unregulated mess filled with thieves. > Yes, a bid from the government.... I'm not sure what point you're trying to make with this. Yes, the government makes a work spec, and puts that up for companies to bid on. A single company will win that bid. This isn't a capitalist arrangement where there's multiple companies providing the same service and competing against each other. It's literally just a worse form of government with someone taking a profit.