> Eliminate the profit motive, and the service will be cheaper, safer, and directly accountable to the people.
If that is universally the case, and there are no downsides, it would logically follow that everything needs to be nationalized.
Societies that tried that didn't fare well, though. So, clearly, it's not that simple. It may well be the case that this particular company would be better off as a non-profit, but the explanation can't be as simple as "safety" - practically everything has some safety aspect to it.
Neither law nor business operations work like that. For-profit just means owner has the right to reap profits, not that business has sole duty of profit. Non-profit owners do not have the right to reap profits, not that non-profit cannot profit.
If that is universally the case, and there are no downsides, it would logically follow that everything needs to be nationalized.
Societies that tried that didn't fare well, though. So, clearly, it's not that simple. It may well be the case that this particular company would be better off as a non-profit, but the explanation can't be as simple as "safety" - practically everything has some safety aspect to it.