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by Houshalter 4805 days ago
This is a pointless straw man argument. No one is claiming we should never invest in infrastructure. Some improvements in infrastructure have value certainly. It depends on the specific project. Spending for the sake of spending is ridiculous though.
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Actually, the Austrians basically do advocate that the public sector should not exist, and should certainly not be constructing infrastructure, because if it was at all worthwhile, someone would make a private profit off it and do it that way!

No god but Capital, say the Austrians, and the Market is His Prophet.

You are confusing Austrian economics with anarcho-capitalism. Many anarcho-capitalists subscribe to Austrian economics, but certainly not all Austrians are anarcho-capitalists.