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Political Compass v1501
Zloff:
i was just using one example, but i will say that people won't pay for stuff they won't tolerate
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on January 19, 2017, 09:53:19 PM ---Wait are you a legit ancap?
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minarchist at most, i can't see anarcho-capitalism ever working with a country that has a population of over even several million people
otto-san:
--- Quote from: Zloff on January 19, 2017, 10:02:36 PM ---i was just using one example, but i will say that people won't pay for stuff they won't tolerate
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that's fine on a small scale, but when you start having major roads that people have to use in order to get to work every day, this gets muddy. it's also hard to know how well privatized roads scale up to the size of infrastructure we have. there are also a lot of roads that are definitely not profitable to maintain, but are definitely essential for the people that live in non-urban areas. i think that a mix of public and private roads would be better than being fully private, and i think there definitely would need to be oversight of the companies that make roads to make sure that they play nice together, follow standards of what a road should be, and don't abuse the fact that people would literally need to use them
ultimately tho, public roads are absolutely an economically sound investment for government to make for somewhat obvious reasons, and having free access to the road network helps both businesses and consumers.
Nonnel:
i support local governments owning local roads and state governments owning highways than the federal government owning the highways. public roads are a necessity but someone in maine shouldn't be funding highways in california.
beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on January 19, 2017, 11:00:17 PM ---i support local governments owning local roads and state governments owning highways than the federal government owning the highways. public roads are a necessity but someone in maine shouldn't be funding highways in california.
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Don't lie to us your hatred of roads shines through your veil of neutrality
Nonnel:
you're right. i'll hire some children to drive the tank, though.