How privatization could spell the end of democracy

Those who’ve battled against corporatization (“privatization” is too sanitized) know this. The threat just isn’t economic, but political — the inability to the right to decide. This results inevitably in unaccountable, irresponsible and reckless actions benefiting the few (corporations and their investors) at the expense of the many. Public assets should be public. Period.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/21/privatizing-public-services-trump-democracy?CMP=fb_gu

 

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