@Amgine
Undoubtedly, the ‘devil is in the details’, and it matters most when the subject isn’t cut and dry. Privatisation of public assets, on the other hand, is cut and dry and a bad thing , and therefore the details don’t matter much when the results are inevitable anyway.
Foreign Aid and Charitable support are not so cut and dry. For example, there is nothing more ‘secure’ than a govt-backed aid package but its implementation/delivery is often mired in controversy — about the detail.
I often think that the only way to help others is to be anchored to some humanitarian ideal while eschewing self-interest. But that’s a tall order for anyone, let alone an organisation. Unfortunately, it’s this lack of ‘self-interest’ that is compromised by privatisation and because of it, whatever the program, it is bound to fail with the cost borne by those the program is purported to help.
That is all I have to say on the subject. Precisely because privatisation is inherently cut and dry.
I admire individuals (acting on their own or as a memberr of an organisation) that can completely put self-interests aside and come to the aid of a fellow human in a caring and selfless way. They are few and far between and should be cherished.
