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I apologize - I have not lived in the United States for 20 years, and I thought of them as public utilities that are provided by private companies that exist to fill the niche and are granted something of a monopoly. Like, a town will have one natural gas and electricity supplier, as I seem to recollect, and, of course, everything about it is regulated. It's not socialistic, but it is also not really to be understood necessarily as the free market in any conventional sense of the word.
I apologize if my remarks on Musk were offensive! I did not intend to do that.
It’s ok. I’m just on edge because of the economic violence and austerity I experience from day to day being a citizen of the United States. You didn’t do anything wrong other than fall prey to the narrative that corrupt oligarchs have pushed on wage slaves like myself.
That's really rough - I know it can be bad out there. I have a friend who needed to be crowdfunded a new pair of glasses and I felt like... "This is such shit." Particularly because both of his parents have died and he has no support network... There are a lot of issues out there, and... while we disagree on a lot... I am certainly sorry to hear about anyone's financial problems...
I've experienced poverty a little... Not a lot, and I still had a safety net I hadn't quite hit, but like... I know enough that I am very glad it never got really bad. And so I can say it really is traumatic and scary, and it can feel humiliating. I hope new opportunities come your way and that you can break the chains.
Thanks. You’re a really kind person. 😊