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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by mastermind@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

WTF? This makes no sense whatsoever

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Welcome to the Australian Government!

Their logic is "it gets people out of the public system to take burden out of the public system". Neglecting completely the economies of scale that would be involved if the public system got all of that funding.

They have a similar attitude towards education. Private schools get a lot of funding (though thankfully not the scammy consumer-side incentives) from the government on the theory that they take students out of the public school system.

[–] victoitor@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago

"Welcome to capitalism!"

FTFY

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

These guys have been ridiculing the AU government for years about everything

https://youtu.be/kecnSHmznic

I wish they had the budget and time to do the same to the US government

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