arm2610 on February 3rd, 2021 at 15:23 UTC »
This is actually an argument that was made when modern fire departments were established in the 19th century (in the US at least)
plainrane on February 3rd, 2021 at 15:40 UTC »
There are places trying to privatize fire departments for this reason.
Combat-kid on February 3rd, 2021 at 15:42 UTC »
That’s sadly true.
I saw another tweet recently expressing the same idea but about libraries. Can you imagine the backlash if someone tried to institute a publicly funded place of learning?
arm2610 on February 3rd, 2021 at 15:23 UTC »
This is actually an argument that was made when modern fire departments were established in the 19th century (in the US at least)
plainrane on February 3rd, 2021 at 15:40 UTC »
There are places trying to privatize fire departments for this reason.
Combat-kid on February 3rd, 2021 at 15:42 UTC »
That’s sadly true.
I saw another tweet recently expressing the same idea but about libraries. Can you imagine the backlash if someone tried to institute a publicly funded place of learning?