Local governments often fail their poorest citizens, but unlike for-profit companies, they in principle exist to serve all of their citizens, not to line the pockets of their owners. Private companies neither have nor pretend any such mission.

How do you enforce that principle?

While it's far from flawless, that is the point of having a democratic process.

Right it's such an effective system it produced Donald Trump to take the role as the world's most important person.

What's your point? Would you prefer to be ruled by Jeff Bezos and the Walton family without the semblance of checks on their power?

Excellent generalization about the 89,004 local governments in the US. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/government...

Also, is your comparative perspective based on time living under multiple local UK governments, too?

Holy cow, it means 89 thousand different bus orders.

Rethink this.

No. I’ve actually lived in both.

Also, it appears(?) the parent comment to my initial comment was adjusted.