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They aren't, and I'm sick of being told they are (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I mean, they are (at making profit), but funnily enough, you can't run a society when everything is profit driven 🙄

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

That's literally uncomparable. Government does things that ignore profit. That's what government is for. The provide services at a loss. The only "profit" might be things like societal improvement, education, security, and such.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago

I think that's exactly the point they're making

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

That’s literally uncomparable. Government does things that ignore profit. That’s what government is for. The provide services at a loss. The only “profit” might be things like societal improvement, education, security, and such.

People pay taxes that fund the government. If the money is wasted then services suffer. So it's not profit or loss but they must deliver value. Value is harder to quantify than profit but governments have to figure a way out of doing it and provide incentives to staff to deliver it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

They are often on purpose, as political decision. So that it is easier to push for privatization