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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink41•2 years agoWhy isn’t the Internet seen as a utility, yet?
minus-squareLem Jukeslinkfedilink9•2 years agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture?wprov=sfti1
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoWon’t ever be because we’re in the stage where everything is marketed as much as possible.it would take a massive cultural and political shift to change that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years agoBecause this generation of Americans has been indoctrinated to believe all government owned businesses is a bad thing. It’s better to funnel taxpayer money to private corporations that routinely fail to deliver quality products while the owners rake in the profits.
minus-squaretb_linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoAnd that government owned businesses have to be profitable. And even when they are (USPS) there are still calls for cutting costs… Because surely spending another few hundreds of millions of taxpayer money on the army and “just one more lane” is far more effective.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoYeah, everything except the military because it funnels money to corporations.
Why isn’t the Internet seen as a utility, yet?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture?wprov=sfti1
That is a strong argument.
Won’t ever be because we’re in the stage where everything is marketed as much as possible.it would take a massive cultural and political shift to change that.
Because this generation of Americans has been indoctrinated to believe all government owned businesses is a bad thing.
It’s better to funnel taxpayer money to private corporations that routinely fail to deliver quality products while the owners rake in the profits.
And that government owned businesses have to be profitable. And even when they are (USPS) there are still calls for cutting costs…
Because surely spending another few hundreds of millions of taxpayer money on the army and “just one more lane” is far more effective.
Yeah, everything except the military because it funnels money to corporations.