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"More freedom"?

Oh, you mean "more dependence upon private and corporate interests".

Or, "less democratic control over the services provided, instead left to whoever has money to influence the market to decide".

[added] I'm kidding (only slightly), because I took offense of Francois liking "less freedom". How about he has a different concept of freedom? That could be either equally valid, or less valid, or even more valid.

Basically, what you wrote, I understood as:

"I don't believe in democratic governance and voting, for me the government is some kind of enemy I want to see less of, and more wallet-voting".

Which if fine by me, but it should be stated more explicitly. Other people find wallet-voting mighty inneficient, and to me doesn't sound very different than "the rich get what they want".



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