[nopenopenopeno]

Public institutions governed by a democratic state not bought by private companies would absolutely do a better job. Realize we don’t have any public institutions in the United States. Our entire government works for multinational corporations, not the people living here.

[scarface74]

There is nothing “democratic” about the US government. Between gerrymandering and the Constitutionally architected 2 Senators per state, the US is very much ruled by the minority.

[mrguyorama]

And yet when you need free money for elder or disabled care, you get to call my girlfriend and she has to personally walk you through managing the right documents and getting all the info you need to get literally thousands of tax funded dollars a month until you die.

Where the fuck is facebook's phone number?

[scarface74]

Now try the same thing in a state that opposed the ACA or during the prior administration when it tried to purposefully cripple people accessing it.

We saw the same thing with the consumer protection bureau when it was run by someone who supported payday loans during the last administration.

I’m not trying to get overly political. But whether government “works” is completely dependent on which party is in charge and whether they champion parts of government that you need.

Just to be fair, government didn’t work too well under the Democratic administration during the eviction moratorium for landlords.

How much easier do you think it is to get a gun license in a red state or register to vote in a blue state?

[nopenopenopeno]

That was my point. Was that not clear?

[scarface74]

You are attributing to the multinational corporations. I am saying because of the makeup of the government - mandated by the Constitution - the government will statistically not be representative of the people. That being said, why would I want the government to have more power?

Has government control of communications ever ended up working out well?