Amazingly, there really are domains in which socialism actually works. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the U.S. had privatized firefighting. It was horrible. After the American Civil War, firefighting was taken over by governments, and, astoundingly enough, things actually got better!
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(After the critical success of part II, and the strong box office sales of part III in spite of mixed reviews, will part IV finally see the June Open Thread jump the shark?)