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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.
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.