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Re:European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protectin... by RC_ITR on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @11:57PM (#31349109)
Wait. In what period of human existence did people live longer, have more access to plumbing, or have better literacy?

The government caused all those things to go up

Re:European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protectin... by pitaj on Thursday May 12, 2022 @09:44AM (#31354057)
I can see where you're coming from with plumbing and literacy. Government monopolized water utilities and education.

But the greatest increases in life expectancy were from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. The improvements have slowed since then, appearing to plateau in the last decade or so.

And it just so happens that in that time period, the government had way less control over the healthcare system in the US.

Literacy is actually decreasing in recent years, as education spending by the government increases. Higher education has never been more expensive, thanks to guaranteed student loans provided by the federal government.

If you're more talking about developing countries, then the correlation is far stronger with level of economic development than with government involvement. In fact government involvement is often inversely correlated, slowing development.

Re:European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protectin... by eschevarria on Thursday May 12, 2022 @02:15AM (#31349893)
Economic growth caused these things to go up; the governments (which also existed in past periods of human existence) caused growth to be much slower than it could have been.

Don’t confuse government causing a increase in government spending on something with causing an increase in the actual supply of that thing. When governments restrict the supply of healthcare and housing (which they do, through professional licensing and zoning regulations), they can spend more on them without increasing supply.

Re:European Commission prefers breaking privacy to protectin... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday May 12, 2022 @06:48AM (#31352054)
If you can blame government without any evidecne he can praise governments without any evidence

You seem to not address fraud in the market, like snake oil salesmen, at all