[komali2]

Often at far less efficiency but yes I agree, given that, at least in the US, their mission statement is "make things nicer for the citizens."

I saw Reuters on Twitter today say "the social responsibility of a company is to increase profits" so quite a different MO if you buy that.

[gregknicholson]

That's the crucial difference: the state's primary aim is something other than “gather money for self and keep it away from others”.