• Dolores [love/loves]
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    1 year ago

    government businesses like the DMV

    the DMV is not a business.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      You missed the message for the word. Call it whatever you need to, facility or what not. The point is that it's awful in places like California.

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      • Dolores [love/loves]
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        1 year ago

        in places like California

        so a government can run a DMV well? if such a thing is specific to some places and not others, you cannot make it a general rule, can you?

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          • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            I'm certainly not a MAGA proponent. I didn't say I wanted it privatized. It was meant to be an example of the disaster that governments can make of something relatively simple. We can't afford that with our primary food supply. So if it was handed off to the government, extreme measures would need to be taken to ensure it's properly funded, managed by competent and qualified people, and well insulated from corruption. It's not as simple as "just let the government do it".

        • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          Yes, actually. The DMV in Washington is surprisingly well run. But the California DMV is a nightmare that we cannot allow to happen with our food supply. Ultimately it's not a simple handover and there would need to be abundant safeguards in place to ensure our food supply is managed competently and insulated from corruption.