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[–] trk@aussie.zone 51 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Literally no government service has ever run better once privatised. It's always ended up more expensive and less effective. I have no idea why the idea that privatising services is a solution to anything except unsatisfied greed.

Prove me wrong with just one example.

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

privatising a public service is basically just adding a middle man skimming off the top

[–] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 6 points 10 months ago

Capitalist governments be like look how good we are at spending money efficiently. Meanwhile, burns cash on useless middle men.

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