What does private enterprise do well?

Give me a list of 23 things that the private sector does better than the government.

Are you including private non-profit's or just the for-profit sector?

Operates strip clubs.

22 left.

The rest of the porn industry

It puts food on my plate, and keeps a roof over my head.

20 left.

Transfer money from the poor to the rich.

Oral.

Fried chicken.

Exporting jobs

Deny housewives a fair share of societal resources.

run prisons to turn a profit by making prisoners produce lace and bows for victoria secrets

pay soldiers.

almost everything, to a point. that point is, of course, where the services provided come into conflict with financial profit.

Rape the planet
Exploit indigenous peoples
Destroy families
Profit from suffering (Big Pharma, I'm looking at you!)
Unceasing, uncaring expansionism
Consolidation, collusion, coercion, and monopolization.

It can make some pretty cool shit to, and do many wonderful things, but it must be controlled.
Capitalism, like fire, is a very powerful tool, and can do many wonderful things if controlled carefully. If left to it's own devices, it will consume everything it can and leave nothing but ashes in it's wake.

Provide internet forums where people can rant about how great socialism would be.

Oh, and by definition, private enterprise would not be capable of either collusion or coercion. Either of those activities, and the enterprise ceases to be "private" in any meaningful sense of the term.

Where did I mention socialism? I said regulation. That's why libretardians drive me nuts. It's either one extreme or another with you guys. There's never a middle ground. You constantly accuse people of extreme views that they don't have.


And please, you don't think there are forums on socialism? Really? There's forms on collecting thimbles, for fucks sake. Try to actually think before you type.

The middle ground is the current corporatism that you complain about.

Sup, McCarthy.

I couldn't disagree more. Please explain how uncontrolled capitalism is middle ground.

but not train them.

Provide space for people with bizarre definitions.

Why do you set the bar so high for him?

As I understand it, the primary goal of private enterprise is to make money. So they're either good at that, or they tank or get bought out by someone who is. Which means they're great for providing any product or service that is a) capable of being profitable, and b) nonessential.

If it's essential, then we run into a problem, because the need to make money conflicts with the need to provide that product or service to everyone who can make use of it.

because it amuses him, like it amuses Caesar to watch a club-wielding slave attempt to fend off a hungry lion?