Comment by aktenlage
21 hours ago
There is no perfect world, and so it isn't perfect, but the separation between financing and content selection is there.
IMO it doesn't need to be perfectly neutral and independent to be valuable for the population and the democracy. I'd love for it to be without the flaws the system has, I just think it is hard to install the perfect system, given the incentives of the involved decision-makers.
So then you can choose to pay for it but don't force those of us who vehemently disagree to pay as well.
That is such a lame demand. Everybody being forced to pay for public broadcast is just the same as for every tax and the mandatory social security. People not reading books pay taxes that go to public libraries. People rich enough to send their children to private schools still have to pay taxes that go to public schools. People very much opposed to nuclear energy have payed taxes that went into nuclear power plants. People much opposed to the closure of the nuclear power plants payed taxes that were used to close down those power plants. That's how the system works, for better or worse.