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Originally posted by roachboy
you can see it as extending the areas of life that are directly accountable to the public.
but to do that, you'd have to move away from attributing the left critique of state bureaucracy that was distorted and co-opted by the thatcherites and has now leaked into conservative discourse in the us as applying only to the state itself---private firms are bureaucracies as well--and stasticially speaking, the most important fiorms in the states are not small businesses, which tend to be more decentralized as a function of size.
so if you have bureaucracy either way.....
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Regarding your example of government versus privatization. One can choose another company for goods and services and remain in the country. One cannot opt out of a larger more infringing government and remain here. Taking another look at comparing the two from a different angle. Many in the left hate such entities such as Big Oil made up of despised companies like Enron. Why because they are large over baring monopolies who are self serving. Apply that to the government. The larger it grows the more potential for becoming corrupt and the more diluted you ability to change it is. In either case your fighting inertia and only by limiting the size can you effectively limits its overall decay.