| Saying what all european think is a bit of a stretch. I'm European and I think zero things should be public. I absolutely don't like the European Union and where it's going. The problem is that if you don't have any incentive to make ends meet because you're spending someone else money, slowly but surely you'll have inefficiencies in the system. Too many employees, someone making sure a public contract goes to a friend for more money than it should, politicians expensing flights right and left, a service being provided which nobody uses (think about some bus lines). The same happens in large organizations where who's footing the money doesn't have visibility. The government is the ultimate giant corporation - with the added bonus of not having to make a profit! We can't say for sure how much money we're wasting, but government spending always grows bigger and I don't see public services improving or providing more value over time. The last pandemic highlighted how much worse public health got in many countries in Europe. How did that happen and where did the money go? An inefficient government starts eroding public services, spending the same and offering less, until there's a big crash and then there is nothing. We saw a bit of that in Greece, we'll probably hear more from Italy soon. I think we're years away from a collapse similar to the one experienced by eastern European countries post Soviet Union. |