53 Do you think people would pay for this voluntarily if they weren't threatened with violence? (media.scored.co) posted 2 years ago by user20461 2 years ago by user20461 +53 / -0 33 comments share 33 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Problem #1: Tragedy of the commons in action. If it's "public", then it is someone else's job to take care of it.
Problem #2: Everything government does costs orders of magnitude more. See John Stossel's report from 2017 on a $2 million bathroom in NYC
"Public" just means the people who own it, the people who use it, and the people who maintain it are all different parties, so none of them have any motivation to do their part properly.