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[-] sxan@midwest.social 39 points 2 months ago

Yup.

However, let me suggest a radical idea:

Any service that has infrastructure requirements like this, such that there's a mandatory "base fee" under the usage fee, should be nationalized, and the base fee paid be taxes. Every, and any, service. Water. Sewage. Electricity. Internet. Roads. Any basic need provided, that requires infrastructure that would incur a monthly maintenance fee. De-privatize it.

This would be my litmus law for nationalizing services.

[-] Stern@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Natural monopoly is the term you're looking for I believe, though I think you're going a smidge further then the definition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly

[-] sxan@midwest.social 8 points 2 months ago
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