Ugh.  What about democratic accountablity?  I don't buy the presentation by the FT here that the public trusts businesses more than government.  And even if I did I think its a leap to indicate that the absence of faith in government which is at least nominally bound by democratic means indicates that they favor the wholesale turnover of public insitutions and services to the private sector.  And that would seem to be the implication.

Privatize eveything, and that way services will be conducted more efficiently, and service will be more responsive.  That this may mean that the people in Cochabomba won't have access to clean water, and can be forbidden to collect water in cisterns is glossed over.

The convergence of the private ownership of property and political power (the control of public services grants the holder a great deal of control over the public) looks very similiar to the feudal structures that existed in Europe.  He who owns determines the rules of the game.  Profit driven corporations colonize the lifesphere so that individuals are bound by the rules of the owner of the public space.  And that policy is determined by a shareholder meeting in which those who own more are granted a greater share of the votes than those who vote.  

Thus, the basis of suffrage is not humanity, but property. And the FT seems to think that this is just fine.

Bastards.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg