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They aren't, and I'm sick of being told they are (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean, they are (at making profit), but funnily enough, you can't run a society when everything is profit driven 🙄

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    That's literally uncomparable. Government does things that ignore profit. That's what government is for. The provide services at a loss. The only "profit" might be things like societal improvement, education, security, and such.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    That’s literally uncomparable. Government does things that ignore profit. That’s what government is for. The provide services at a loss. The only “profit” might be things like societal improvement, education, security, and such.

    People pay taxes that fund the government. If the money is wasted then services suffer. So it's not profit or loss but they must deliver value. Value is harder to quantify than profit but governments have to figure a way out of doing it and provide incentives to staff to deliver it.

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