Private Versus Public Enterprise for Change?
I think as the other comments discussed, it is good to have both public and private entities working to help people. My primary concern with putting that responsibility in the hands of a private company, however, is that whoever leads that bureaucracy can actively choose when to start helping people and also when to stop. That is to say, if the CEO of a private company retires, and a new person takes over, that new CEO can choose to specialize in making profits, which very often leads to exploiting other peoples' work in some form. When we compare this with the public or state organization, each position in the hierarchy is unchanging, and the person who fills that seat at the top of the hierarchy must abide by the structure's principles and cannot (ideally) act with self-interest. I think that a bureaucracy which is entirely dedicated to serving citizens is a good thing because it will ideally eradicate those who show self-interest, whereas private organizations might encourage people with aggressive, ladder-climbing qualities. Of course, the caveat with this is that not all state bureaucracies in every country is actually practicing those principles of "equality" and "meritocracy," such as with the Russian government, which is known for bribery as a means of attaining many state positions.