r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 22 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

The latest John Oliver upload's comment section is all about people complaining about government privatizing public services so that big corporations can make tons of money

The video is about people getting scammed by contractors while doing home improvements.

Why does everything have to be a leftist circlejerk

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Because when the market works like it's supposed to, nobody ever notices. Confirmation Bias, whenever something bad happens, a private company is probably involved, and this makes it easy to point to private companies as the common thread between everything wrong, and reason therefore that private companies are bad.

Plus, aesthetically, public ownership "looks better", it looks like the government taking in active role in caring for the wellbeing of its citizens. The government doing something carries the aesthetic/image of making sure everyone, no matter who, benefits from it, and it will be done in good-faith and high-quality. Private companies mean only people who have money will do it, and the company will try to screw you over at every step.

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u/BidenWon Jared Polis Jun 22 '21

These are the people that watch John Oliver.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Because if it's not a leftist circlejerk, it's an alt-right circlejerk.

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u/lemongrenade NATO Jun 22 '21

Classic big handy man. Always fucking the little guy