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[–] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nearly all government services other than the cops and firefighters are farmed out to 3rd parties. Usually there’s a “waste management” company that signs a contract with a municipality to provide garbage services instead of the city just owning trucks. Neoliberalism bay-beee!!!

Water is a bit more complicated, like other utilities it’s usually some sort of complex private/public partnership.

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Kinda surprised there is no private police force yet because it seems like a great choice for neoliberal privatisation.

[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Kinda surprised there is no private police force yet because it seems like a great choice for neoliberal privatisation.

because cops have the strongest unions. they're the only work force (I know, cops aren't "workers" but you get what I mean) in the country that is universally unionized and armed. and since their job is to serve reactionary ends, and oppress the rest of the workers, the capitalists permit this.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.adt.co.uk/monitoring-plans/private-security-response

That's where Private Security Response comes in. As well as alerting you to an alarm, we immediately deploy a security guard to your home to investigate. There are two types of cover: external check and keyholder

[–] huf@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

keyholder

hmm...

[–] Azarova@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

universities often have their own private police forces

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's because police have strong "unions"

Unions work even for evil assholes.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Because these entities are never in solidarity with actual labor unions (the opposite in fact), it has been suggested that the 'police unions' should actually be understood as professional associations, a more fittingly exclusive organization form.

saruman-orb One Small "Union" to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them