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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Please don’t confuse actual technological progress with markets.

Consumer goods are delivered through market distributions for nearly every post-industrial society on earth.

The government could distribute widgets, but it doesn’t.

Modern infrastructure is not built by markets.

Construction crews, materials purveyors, architects, electricians/plumbers… All come through the market system. That’s why Americans have to turn to Spain or Japan every time they float the idea of expanding HSR. That’s why only two companies in the world build civilian airliners. That’s why our telecom network is an oligopoly.

Whut?

Teqball’s a lot of fun.

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frisbird@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Th exception proves the rule. Department of Transportation is not market driven. DPW is not market driven. Army Corps of Engineers is not market driven.

And that’s just the US. Look to the rest of the world and you’ll see that most infrastructure is not market driven at all.

And even in the cases where they have to get private companies to do the build, the INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF is not market driven, it’s the talent that’s market driven.

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