"Transport was a public good for many years in this country. The building of the rail network was part of our nation building... we didn't do it in the nicest way. We made specific rules to protect that, including prohibiting what goods could be moved by road.
This was a public good, until the neoliberal rupture, when price became the dominate organising factor. Rail network privatised, collapsed and brought back in."
#KiaTikaKiaPono
Phil Tanner :tinoflag:
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