[omegaworks]

Public services are kneecapped in this country because non-white people use them.

Same reason why we defunded public universities (imposing the student loan system) just as agitation was enabling women and people of color equal access.

[seibelj]

I don’t like public services because every time I have ever used public services, even extremely (excessively) overfunded ones in liberal coastal US cities, they have had mediocre to extremely shitty quality from the perspective of the consumer.

Services aren’t supposed to be jobs programs. I like privatization as a rule. It has nothing to do with racism, it has to do with an intense dislike of being fleeced by politicians.

[majormajor]

I've seen plenty of shitty (sorry!) privatized toilets at various events and locations. They are rarely directly "paid" - more like the event holder rents them and provides them free of charge - but the privatization aspect hasn't guaranteed me some magical clean toilet experience.

Sometimes us Americans just reveal ourselves to be selfish and... again... shitty.

[nitrogen]

Services aren’t supposed to be jobs programs.

Maybe they should be. What's more demeaning, being told you're not good enough for any jobs so we'll pay you to stay out of the way, or being told you're not good enough for any other jobs but here's a job that still needs to be done and you can do it?