got a renewal of the permit -from whom-? the municipal government that can't provide clean water to the people it supposedly serves? there are complicated cases but this one seems clear to me
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Replying to @munin @whitequark
"the" government is maybe bad use of terminology given the federal structure but
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if the government is corrupted by private interests imo it's the fault of the government not the interests
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corporations are slaves to fiduciary duty, if taking over a local government benefits their shareholders, they are supposed to do it
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Replying to @munin @whitequark
I'm not arguing that necessarily. I think a strong, vigorous state that had the will to crush its competition and the ability to build for the future under its own steam would be better
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I also think that a state that lacks vision or capability but vacuums up such an enormity of resources that it can support such an ecosystem of parasites is worse than useless
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