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Originally Posted by embee

The biggest worry with nationalised industries is that the worst possible organisation to actually run anything is the government (of any colour). Politicians aren't interested in running anything, they are only interested in changing things, unfortunately change is just an illusion of progress.

Quote from Gaius Petronius Arbiter, circa AD60 (alleged)
“We trained hard—but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.”

Gaius Petronius Arbiter actually said “Durum exercui—sed omne tempus in iunctos formare incipiebamus visum est. Postea in vita discerem quod ad quamlibet novam condicionem ordinando tendimus, et quam mirum in modum illusio progressionis effici potest, dum confusionem, inefficientiam et corruptionem actu gignendo.