Nowhere GirlOct 3, 2023
It should be obvious by now that privatization and "running government like a business" are nothing more than dog whistles for the looting and authoritarian control of public goods.
Show threadG.I. Robot Oct 3, 2023

@gwynnion

I mean, it's right there in the concept... have you ever voted for your boss? How about your bosses' boss? How about anyone at the company you work for? Ever voted for any of them?

Businesses are NOT democracies. They are dictatorships. Anyone who says they want to run the government "like a business" is saying they want a dictatorship.

Show threadSean Woods

@GuyDudeman @gwynnion I also find that anyone who uses the phrase "running government like a business" isn't very well versed with a few key facts:

1) Most businesses fail after a year
2) Most people can't explain what "run like a business" even means.
3) Most of the most successful businesses you can think of are not actually "run like a business". And once they do, they fail pretty spectacularly. (See: General Electric, Toys R' Us, Hewlet Packard...)

Oct 4, 2023 at 2:56pmWeb
Show threadprasoonOct 6, 2023
@etoyoc @GuyDudeman @gwynnion "Come over hun, let me run you like a business" ~ the avg politician selling you a neoliberal govt model.