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Is it fair to say that we are at present living through a system wide dedicated attack on the concept of the public interest?

Asked by stanleybmanly (24153points) August 20th, 2019 from iPhone

if so, can we predict the consequences?

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KNOWITALL's avatar

How are you defining public interest?
Who do you feel is attacking it?

stanleybmanly's avatar

Measures, institutions and infrastructure owned by by all of us and dedicated to the public good as opposed to self aggrandizement or the pursuit of profit.

seawulf575's avatar

You mean like the Green New Deal?

stanleybmanly's avatar

More like decent public education from which you have rather obviously been deprived.

MrGrimm888's avatar

Well. A healthy environment, is certainly in the best interest of every lifeform. Yet, there are people who are working hard, to make it worse. Some for profit, realizing their own mortality, and the futility of a livable future Earth. Others are complicit…

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