PCs are cheaper than consoles as far as the priceperformance ratio goes . <| sep |> I think you ' re assuming that everyone is weighing what parts of government they trust and don ' t trust logically . The things we trust our government with that you mentioned are all associated with our perceived safety . There ' s a lot of fear involved in giving power to those government services . People are very afraid we can ' t keep ourselves safe on our own . Military , police , and surveillance all answer very deep human fears . It ' s also important to note that we don ' t really have any alternatives to government security . It ' s not like there are private firms providing police forces or offering to spy on your fellow citizen for you . People who are afraid for their safety can get a mean dog , a security system , and a shotgun to keep under the bed . And they do . But beyond that , they don ' t have capitalist solutions to the security problem , so they HAVE to trust the government if they want to feel safe . We have capitalist solutions to the healthcare problem . Although they are imperfect , they provide a strong alternative to meeting that need without having to trust government , so in that situation , it ' s much easier to sayi don ' t trust the government to handle that .