Reply #484: privatization

[Two Americas]

Can we not - as Democrats - criticize privatization? When 100 privatized solution are offered to solve social problems, there mat=y then well be 100 criticisms. That is because it is privatization that is being criticized, not the specific solutions. Is not the mystery this: why do people - Democrats - keep presenting the same type of privatized solutions? Is that not the better question to ask rather than why some people are so "negative?"

No one - please stop saying this - no one is arguing against easing suffering. I happen to know for a fact that some of the most outspoken critics of privatization on this and other threads are also the most dedicated hands-on relief workers and anti-poverty activists, and generous in donating their time and effort to alleviate the suffering of others. It is a smear to say that those arguing against privatization must therefore be sitting on their ass and not helping people, and merely criticizing those who do help people.

Some of us are reluctant to be more forthcoming about the specific things we are involved in. That is because bragging about anti-poverty work seems obscene to some of us, and also for reasons of personal safety and security and privacy. There are some on this thread who are trying to "out" people here, and those efforts border on stalking. Those who wish to know who we are, where we work, and what we are doing to alleviate suffering will need to pout the effort in to build trust. Let's not live in a Pollyanna world here.