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re: Good cripes indeed.
Tom Brosz — (archived)

It's an analogy, for God's sake. It wasn't meant to imply that anyone was literally proposing that one's neighbor controls your driving habits.

The idea I was trying to get across with my little word picture is that the average American business is controlled on the state and Federal level on things like hiring, building, benefits, production methods, salaries, and pretty much every aspect of their business operations. This control, taken to its full extreme, largely obviates the need for government ownership. More discerning people might notice that heavy control of the private sector without actual state ownership was once the dictionary definition of fascism.

The fact that there are currently no private international airports does not make the concept impossible, or even impractical. There are 66 such airports around the world. The current FAA makes such things illegal in the U.S., which is an excellent reason why it isn't being done.

Jesus Christ on a tricycle, I've got sweat pouring from my armpits from the sheer physical effort of slowing my brain down to the point where I can hold a discussion with some people here.

Now go out and work for single-payer health care.

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