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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (3 children)

There's no reason that local governments can't do this job, there's no need for middle men leaching money.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

But you could replace just about any product with that statement.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago
[–] Croquette 2 points 7 months ago

Basic human rights shouldn't be left to private companies to manage

If BestBuy want to gouge customer on new TVs, it sucks but it won't make you homeless.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Based on the way they maintain infrastructure, I'm not certain that's going to work out well either, but then again the status quo ain't working either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Now that's funny.