A nation-state won this battle:
lol
So, I'm genuinely wondering something here...
How many people commenting have their own fully private drinking water supply?
And how many here rely on a government entity to supply their drinking water? (Municipal, State, National?) And pay a water bill to cover the cost of resources to do so?
Governments can be utterly shit, but they also have more aspects to them than some realise. A portion of those aspects in many places are critical and are positive for the great majority of us
In my nation, water is mostly treated and supplied by local and state government entities
In places where the operation of the water supply has actually been sold off and privatised, like in my home state, the quality of the service has reduced dramatically, while the overall costs have increased
I know this because I've seen it happen first-hand, working in the field
It's conceivable that a networked-state could supply it's constituents water, but who among us is going to build that system and maintain it over time?
Perhaps I sound sceptical, but I'm actually just really curious
dont know about water systems
But would you say that food production and distribution would work better if controlled by the state?