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		ajb on Jan 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Last Sane Man on Wall Street We've tried profit making cops, it leads to corruption: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Wild https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-echochambers-29228851

fragmede on Jan 29, 2023 [–]

You mean running the government like a business is a stupid idea and that profit leads to all sorts of perverse incentives? Who would have thought!?

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