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Ah yes, I want my roads built by smugglers. You people would rather die than commit heresy against the Church of Free Market.

• eru 3y ago
  Building private roads is (almost) illegal in most of the world, so you'll mostly see criminals do it. See also https://www.accessmagazine.org/spring-1993/private-toll-roads-in-america-the-first-time-around/ https://www.accessmagazine.org/spring-1993/private-toll-road... Financing roads from tolls is fairly straightforward.
  • tjrgergw 3y ago
    Financing by tolls, there's another excellent example of wealth creation by the government, thank you.
    • brvsft 3y ago
      You're not sneering hard enough yet.
    • eru 3y ago
      Private companies can levy tolls on their road just fine.
      • tjrgergw 3y ago
        I haven't asked "name something that governments can do that private companies can't".
  • ffhhttt 3y ago
    Why would you want to privatize something that is effectively a natural monopoly? How could consumers ever benefit from that over the longterm?
    • tjrgergw 3y ago
      Exactly. That's another feature of the Free Market Fundamentalists - their analysis always stops short of asking any relevant questions.
    • eru 3y ago
      Why would you nationalise something that's effectively a natural monopoly? How are consumers supposed to benefit from that?