• 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Also, any large system is inefficient. People point to governmental inefficiency as a reason to privatize everything, but not only are large enterprises also inefficient in ways, but they must seek profit.

    In reality, while many areas do have legitimate problems that could use better oversight, a decent amount of what our government does for us works pretty well, outside corruption and fascists working to break our democracy. It’s also a fact that a lot of people think a lot of things are much easier than they are.

    • MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world
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      39 seconds ago

      not only are large enterprises also inefficient in ways, but they must seek profit.

      This deserves repeating.

      A government job often requires highly skilled union workers, thus higher pay for the workers. A corporation can find the cheapest labor, but it’s not always the best. The savings are then pocketed as profit, essentially giving shareholders a free government check while labor is poorly compensated.