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And we still gt charged a fortune for it. Yay capitalism!
I mean you can collect rain water (or build your own bore hole), process it, treat it for storage, keep it, test it to verify that itβs still safe to drink, install and maintain a pumping system to provide pressure, provide adequate documentation and inspection opportunities, provide a traceable record of where it has come from, install a water water treatment system, provide the necessary permits to verify that youβre not draining polluted water into the ocean etc etc..
But I guess if you want someone else to do that for you, some salaries, know how and materials will need to get paid for, yes.
Yeah, that's not how it works. If it was, there would be no privatised water companies because we're not all fucking daft. But we are ruled by kleptocrats so, you know. IMF Forces Water Privatization on Poor Countries
I am saying that water provided to people is something society should do for it's citizens and not yet another way for pieces of shit to commoditize living.
No. And you can clearly read well enough to know perfectly well that is not what I am saying. Pretending to be obtuse is such a bizarre tactic, why do you do it?
Is that was I was doing? I thought I was actually confused by your comment. Thanks for letting me know what I was doing π