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There is a trap here of saying "thus we shouldn't do anything about problems" rather than the more reasonable "we should be prepared to iterate on our efforts".
by yukkuri 3y ago
There is a trap here of saying "thus we shouldn't do anything about problems" rather than the more reasonable "we should be prepared to iterate on our efforts".
- jaystraw 3y agoyou're right. i think that's the difference between cynicism and consideration. one immobilizes, one prepares.
- wahnfrieden 3y agoIt’s more a criticism of top-down hierarchical control of institutions (at any scale) than it is an indictment of humans cooperating around some goal Cui bono makes that clear
- zaik 3y agoBut note how all the examples were private companies or enterprising individuals who weren't controlled somehow, but simply wanted to protect their profits.
- smallmancontrov 3y agoThe political right uses multiple deca-billion-dollar megaphones to talk nonstop about this problem as it relates to the government while dramatically underrepresenting the extent to which it happens in the private sector so that they can lobby for privatization as a silver-bullet. I think it's fair for the article to shore up the complementary point of view. No less fair than what the right is doing, at any rate.
- calvinmorrison 3y agoWell the difference is, tax slaves are forced at the end of a barrel to prop up local governments, and purportedly don't do that for free markets
- TheOtherHobbes 3y agoHow much is health insurance compared to local taxes?
- smallmancontrov 3y agoPrivate ownership of land and capital is also enforced at the barrel of a gun, lol. When monopolies are common, every business school student openly aspires to rent-seeking moats, and regulators snore more loudly every day, the claims that the private market is checked by competition frequently ring hollow. The big difference between public and private sector is that the private sector has literally entitled themselves to this rent seeking behavior, while it's only a metaphor in the public sector. Don't get me wrong, I think competition is a brilliant principle and I think markets are the place to make it happen, I just think that strong anticompetitive forces are common natural occurrences in free markets and I think that the government should play a stronger role in checking them.
- jjjjj55555 3y agoOften times there's nothing to iterate on because the original solution was BS.
- airejtlij 3y agoThis forum seems to be filled with (comments by) people who love the "there's no perfect solution so we shouldn't try because trying might infringe on my libertarian liberties". I need to stop reading the comments.
- yukkuri 3y agoYeah the stench of that is quite nauseating at times...