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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It’s so weird that a basic public utility is totally owned by a private company. Roads and water are maintained by the government in my county. Why not power?

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Water is owned by private business on California too.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Yeah, just speaking for my county. I live in a county that has water and sewage run by a public utility. Also, the county has historically had a reputation for having really fantastic water that tastes amazing.

[–] ElegantBiscuit@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

Power, water, internet, healthcare, education, transit, there’s a lot of things that should be public utilities or at least with a convincing public option because of the clear conflict of interest between private corporations and social benefit, but aren’t, because money controls politics.