This is extremely reductive and defensive. There are things that the private sector has relative advantages at and things that the public sector has advantages at.
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The tunnel example isn't the best one, but I appreciate what Austen is trying to do with education. I think he should have used this example to make his point (but that would probably be seen as self-promotion).
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Call it Chariot then instead of tunneling. That was meant to serve as a very generic example, I’m not defending boring co specifically
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It has taken their property. I don’t know why Musk hasn’t been sued on subterranean tresspass.
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I mean that’s a totally different issue, isn’t it? That’s not “SV vs public infrastructure” but “here are specific problems with tunneling.”
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I disagree with Kim’s example. BART is a perfect example of govt sanctioned transit that is built in discrimantory fashion. The noise pollution in west Oakland bart is very real.
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Didn't the government approve Elon's tunneling? And doesn't the government tunnel under people's homes? I don't really understand the argument here. And the recourse (lawsuit) would be the same against government or private enterprise.
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No government agency can take private property without just compensation. No agency can “approve” a tresspass.
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