> but more of a "government thing". slight improvement: "more of a not government thing". Neo-liberal dogma tells us that `public services == bad`, government

> but more of a "government thing". slight improvement: "more of a not government thing". Neo-liberal dogma tells us that `public services == bad`, government should hand out contracts to commercial sector, aka "small government". Commercial sector gets dependent on government, and takes on politics as part of the business. You end up with State Capture. That means that the "real world" government is shifted outside public control. > Defence contractors in the US are something else entirely. keyword: political economy