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Originally Posted by viscousmemories
Of course. But I think the idea is that in a democracy the government will adjust the prices according to the interests of the contituency (which means reasonable cost and availablity are going to be concerns) whereas a private company (and in this case I think we're talking a monopoly) is only going to be interested in getting the most money for the least water, with no regard for the availability to anyone who can't pay the high cost.
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I agree, but we aren't talking about democratic nations, we are talking about hopelessly corrupt and inefficent, dictator style nations. So, the first problem is getting a decent government for those nations. Given the US efforts at this in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere I would say the track record isn't all that good.