Domino's Pizza Answers Statists Who Ask "Who Will Build Muh Roads?"
A privately-owned pizza company is fixing potholes on public roads---because that’s how useless government is.
Yes, Domino’s is answering the age-old question, if not the state, who will build the roads?
Whenever brainwashed statists default to their seemingly programmed response of, “But, who will build the roads?”, my natural response is, “They're already built!”
Really, have they not noticed there are roads everywhere? In a statist’s confused, indoctrinated mind they actually imagine we don’t have any roads!
One look at Google Maps should tell you that there are already plenty of roads.
What they may really be asking, though, is “Who will maintain the roads?”
Again, if they could open their eyes, they’d probably notice that in most cases this form of communist style central planning of “roads” is barely even working!
How many people complain about potholes… or, especially, traffic? Traffic problems aren’t an issue of population growth. They are a consequence of poor central planning. If you get angry sitting in traffic for hours, that anger ought to be directed at government’s lousy central planning.
Sometimes, their mistakes can even be deadly, like when the Florida International University bridge collapsed in Miami a few months ago, killing six people, due to “a key design flaw.”
So now, rather than wait for government action, a pizza chain has launched an initiative to fill those ever-present reminders of government incompetence, as part of its “Paving for Pizza” campaign. They’ve even got a fully-branded truck to carry out this important mission.
Now, is this all just a clever campaign to generate buzz for the brand? Of course, but that’s the point: there are real-world, tangible free market answers to even the most common statist cop-outs, like “Muh roads!”
The argument is as follows: without a coercive monopoly extorting people to maintain the streets, there’s no way society can figure out how to do something as complex and necessary as building and managing a flat piece of pavement. There’s just too many conflicts of interests, they claim.
Really? Conflicts of interest? Who the hell has an interest in enabling shitty roadways that do this to your pepperoni pie:
MAN FINED FOR DRIVING AROUND POTHOLE
Although governments won't fix all these dreaded potholes, they WILL fine you for driving around them. That is, at the end of the day, what government is actually good at... extorting you.
And, that’s exactly what happened to a Minneapolis man who was issued a $128 fine because he swerved to avoid a giant pothole.
He says the officer thought he was on his cell phone, and cited him for "Failing to Stay in His Lane."
What's ironic is the road he was driving on was scheduled to be resurfaced just a few weeks later… but knowing how government “works”... that likely didn’t happen, at least not on schedule or within a reasonable budget.
FREEDOM SHOULD ALWAYS BE PLAN A
Another great example of the free market offering creative solutions to statist problems was celebrated by libertarians recently, when the lemonade brand Country Time decided to pay the fines accrued by children who “illegally” sell lemonade.
Imagine having your child’s entrepreneurial spirit crushed when local authorities rush in to shut down their first independent business venture, making them feel like criminals. This happens all too often.
While private enterprise is typically portrayed as “blinded by greed” no matter the consequences, the truth is that voluntary transactions can only, by definition, provide the most equitable outcome between two or more consenting parties.
So when Country Time decided to defend children against their citric infractions, it’s a totally holistic, mutually-beneficial solution to a problem.
The same can be said for when PornHub.com---yes, PornHub---decided to help communities in Boston last winter by plowing snow off the roads after a huge storm.
They even found a way to make the thankless task of plowing snow fun, pledging to help anyone who “wants to get plowed.”
No violence, no coercion---just pure, classical voluntary cooperation creating real-world solutions.
For those interested in learning more about the peaceful solutions of tomorrow, and how private organizations and individuals are building a society free of government restrictions, look no further than Anarchapulco, the largest annual gathering of free-thinkers.
Next year, some of the featured speakers will include Ron Paul, Judge Andrew Napolitano, David Icke, Cynthia McKinney and Doug Casey.
Anarchapulco 2019 will be world-changing, so you won’t want to miss it. You can get discounted tickets now until July 31 (BOOK HERE). It will likely sell out well in advance, so don’t wait too long.
With so many people waking up to the fact that the institution of government is not only violent and immoral, but also ineffective and obsolete, our road to the future looks bright.
And, with parasitic Big Government out of the way, where we’re going, we won’t need roads.
You watch, the municipalities will try to make this illegal, all in the name of safety.
I hope Domino's does a better job of filling potholes than it does making pizza. :)
Probably filling the potholes with pizzas that they cannot sell! Now the roads become advertisement hoardings for companies.
Roads? They don't want us to drive cars anymore!
LOL...)))
Domino's building roads makes me want to buy their pizza...
Great example Jeff! Many are brainwashed into dependence thinking they need the 'state'. The state is just a bunch of people!
hey man! your blog is becoming more like a blog and not just self-advertise! hahaha,
really love the memes, the cartoons and the humour!
keep it up!
A privately-owned pizza company is fixing potholes on public roads---because they thought it would generate a lot of free publicity, it's a publicity stunt. So they can get people like you to advertise for them for free. Great job.
This is not a real solution to building and maintaining roads, for this promotion you can submit to have a pothole filled and if you are really lucky they might pick it to be filled. Or you can complain to your city and not have to be lucky at all to have a pothole filled. The roads are already built but they go to shit pretty quick without maintenance. Asphalt roads don't last very long, especially in areas where there are frost heaves.
The bridge collapse in Florida was not a result of central planning, sorry. The feds didn't design that bridge, students at the university did, that was a failure of local planning.
Country time is doing their promotion not because there is such an epidemic of lemonade stand fines but because there are so few, they know they won't really have to pay many and the free press they get from folks like you more than makes up for any actual payouts they make.
Honestly, is your real plan for publicity stunts to replace public services?
I also am not sure how sustainable infrastructure would be at this level. I love that companies are doing this, even if it is just shameless self-promotion. Surely there is another way to meet the need that doesn't involve big government in the slow, bureaucratic way it's currently functioning.
My city has some of the worst roads in the country yet they do regularly fill the potholes. If there is a pothole that is bothering you report it and see how long it takes, you might be surprised. I guess you could go fill them yourself but you are not experienced in road repair are you?
I had a problem for years where the city kept putting a stinking portapotty across the street from my house in the summers, I made several phone calls to no avail. I could never really find who was responsible for the damned thing, then I called the mayor's office and explained my problem. The next day the fucking thing was gone.
My city recently resurfaced the road in front of my house. Apparently, the neighbors had been asking for years. It was just my luck that it happened right after I bought my house. That was last year. (Oh, and they literally only resurfaced the one block where residents were vocal about it although the rest of the street is just as bad.)
This year, the city is going to replace a section of sidewalk being buckled by the roots of a big tree they planted on the tree lawn (that's the space between my front yard and the street for those not familiar with the term). Normally, that would be my responsibility as the home owner, but for some inexplicable reason the city is going to take care of it this time.
With those 2 things in mind, I've been pretty happy with how the government is performing maintenance in my neighborhood. However, when I've mentioned this to other locals from different, less affluent neighborhoods, the story is completely different. I've heard that all the phone calls in the world from them will only result in an orange road cone, if they are lucky.
Maybe we can Dominoes on it. :-)
One wonders how long this promotion from Dominoes will go on for. They will fill enough potholes to fill their commercials. The roads here are terrible, literally some of the worst in the country, but a lot of the problem is they are so old, a sinkhole swallowed a car on the end of my street not too long ago. On the plus side they repaved that whole section of the street pretty much right away. Infrastructure is expensive. I used to live on a private road, one not maintained by the city, it was fucking terrible, imagine living on a dirt road in the middle of a city, it's bad for your car.
You know man, dominoes was completely restructured a few years back, they threw their brand in everyone's face and reworked their product based on customer feedback.
The one thing that makes it all work though is their understanding of the fact we live in a relationship economy. Label it however you want but the fact is people are waking up and the companies that will find success moving forward are the ones who put their client interests first.
There are definitely legal hurdles like responsibility to shareholders to make a profit. But for a company like dominoes this is a brilliant double stroke. They are seen as serving their community but really they are just an army of pothole finders (drivers that go everywhere) and a company with the means to pull off a government embarrassing operation like this.
I like it. It appeals to the anarchist in me as well as the marketer/salesman.
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