Power, water, internet, healthcare, education, transit, there’s a lot of things that should be public utilities or at least with a convincing public option because of the clear conflict of interest between private corporations and social benefit, but aren’t, because money controls politics.
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simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoIt’s so weird that a basic public utility is totally owned by a private company. Roads and water are maintained by the state in my county. Why not power?
ElegantBiscuit@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Dearth@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Water is owned by private business on California too.
simplejack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, just speaking for my county. I live in a county that has water and sewage run by a public utility. Also, the county has historically had a reputation for having really fantastic water that tastes amazing.