Double standards

"[T]he whole 'public food' [and 'public good'] argument hinges on a giant case of double standards.
    "Presented with evidence that corporations do bad things, it concludes that the inherent logic of capitalism demands badness.
    "Presented with evidence that governments do bad things, it concludes [however] that if we just put some nice people in power, everything would go great.
    "Why is that?"

~ Scott Alexander form his article 'Contra Robinson on Public Food' [hat tip Kevin Corcoran from his post 'Why I, too, Am Skeptical of Market Failure Corrections']