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 Originally Posted by rong
That's a pretty statement but the two lack equivalence because one sets to maximise profits where as the other sets to..... Well, that what it intends and achieves could be debated, but they are very clearly different and have different outcomes.
The point I was making us that with roads, privatising them won't necessarily give the assumed benefits of competition and optimal benefit to society.
Which is my point with all we discuss. It's not capitalism bad, government good. I just feel some things should remain in public control.
Since you think some things should be monopolized, why is it bad for those things to be monopolized?
I'm not trying to be cute here. It looks to me like you're saying a private monopoly is bad but a government monopoly is not.
To be clear, I'm not addressing the veracity of that claim. I disagree that a private monopoly would exist in your scenario, but that isn't relevant now since it seems like you're saying it would exist and it's bad which is why you think we should have a good government monopoly.
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