Airports

Imagine if somebody opened a TSA-free airport just outside a city.
The experience inside airport terminals sucks. Surely we could figure out how to sell a bottle of water for less than 500% markup.

Public restrooms (in the US at least)

why don't we have more pay-to-use public restrooms? I suspect it's a cultural thing (although it's also possible that it's just really hard to monetize well).

ISPs

There are two choices in my neighborhood. Seems surprising, considering everyone wants internet and is willing to pay for it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 7 Aug

Airlines are another one. Though it is less central planning but rather bailouts where they get involved.

The FAA is probably the best example. Could probably use some competition. Of course there would need to be some sort of governing body like Insurance and a standards body but those could be private and voluntary. If one didn't care you should be able to fly on a wild-cat airline IMO. I wouldn't do it but I can see people choosing to do so.

See socialism usually just removes choices for the masses and calls it organized. When they fail at doing their job they say they need more money. We see this over an over again.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 7 Aug

What is always interesting to me is the paradox of logic. It is absurd to most people that a central party should be responsible for all the pizza in the US. Like if central planning is so good... why wouldn't you use it for everything. Since food is super important and all one would think it makes sense for the state to be over it right? To pick the winners and losers. Maybe even run it fully.

Obviously that fails in socialist nations. So if that doesn't work, why would one think that the best way to do even more important things is through central planning?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 6 Aug

Great examples. ISPs are one most people are clueless about.