Quote Originally Posted by CoccoBill View Post
the main goal of these services isn't to ensure whatever they are meant to safeguard, but to make a profit.
I can see that plainly you are attempting to gracefully bow out of the debate so I'll try not to open pandora's box again, but you need to objectively evaluate your anti-profit bias. It's an irrational way to argue against capitalism. I liken it to evolution vs creation debates when the creationist says "because Jesus Christ said...." There are plenty of rational arguments against capitalism, that it doesn't internalize costs, that it has trouble providing social services that are susceptible to free riders, that it doesn't allow large infrastructure projects to be built when necessary. There are strong pro-capitalist answers to argue against each of those, but they are still decent pro-state arguments. The fear that corporations will run amok in pursuit of short term profits at any cost to society is not a sound argument though.