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Originally Posted by theking
You are correct. There are to many labels to deal with..I am referring to state owned/controlled as opposed to private ownership/controlled.
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The problem is that any good system will consist of a mixture of both.
Courts, the police force, the military, at least part of the education system, part of the healthcare system - things like those need to be controlled by the state.
On the other hand, private enterprise is both the lifeblood of a healthy economy and a necessity for freedom.
I think the true question isn't which you choose, but where you draw the line. And since democracy is by definition constantly in motion, even in a well-functioning democratic state you will always have a constant shifting and redrawing of that line.