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> building a government department to actually deliver the government services themselves instead of what we do now. Which, of course, is how governments mostly
by Arainach 4y ago
> building a government department to actually deliver the government services themselves instead of what we do now. Which, of course, is how governments mostly used to function before neoliberalism and general corporate dominance took over.
This is how things were done for a long time, but anywhere the government delivers value is quickly "privatized" the next time a conservative government is elected.
- d4rti 4y agoThere’s a difficult asymmetry in that it takes much longer to build in house expertise that it does to privatise it. Privatisation also often allows a short term financial boost at long term net expense.