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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Basic services should all be free to any human.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, the spirit of your comment i agree with, but not the letter.

Nothing should be completely free, because nothing is free. Water needs processing, electricity needs a grid, sewage needs treatment, etc.

Basic things should be affordable for all: housing, water, electricity, internet, food etc.

But "free" creates incentives to be careless with resources. Which is counterproductive to making sure they are available for all at affordable prices.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No. Time to privatize water, you commie!!! /s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Water were already privated in parts of the world. The s tag doesn't work here.

Maybe oxygen, for now.