Not a question, change my mind.
Hey I think you posted this in the wrong community, surely it was meant for Unpopular Opinions?
Counterpoint: Feudalism also had these.
Counterpoint: At times people had to directly pay firefighters or they’d let the building burn.
Yes, nowadays we pay indirectly for police and firefighters but no one is going to ask for your credit card or let alone how much tax you paid last year.
In Japan, firefighting services are paid for directly by the people living in that area.
I typically have to pay ¥10,000 a year ($69 USD) and all of that money goes to the closest fire department.
They don’t check your payment status or anything, but it’s expected of you.
Whereas policing is paid for via taxes like most other countries.
Libraries too
Public institutions of education
Its almost as if socialism makes total sense.
When some natural disaster destroys your house and all your neighbor’s too, and some of your people are dead and you are heavily injured, what are we going to hear from you?
About which definition of the word to use, or that one possible definition applies?
