That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.
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That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.
With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a thing of the past.
I react pragmatically. Where the market works, I'm for that. Where the government is necessary, I'm for that. I'm deeply suspicious of somebody who says, 'I'm in favor of privatization,' or, 'I'm deeply in favor of public ownership.' I'm in favor of whatever works in the particular case.
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