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A guy from post communist country here: how is more government regulation going to solve anything?

by dandare 11y ago

coldtea 11y ago
A guy from a never communist country: privatization is not all that it seems to be when you've had to live under a "really existing socialism". Neither capitalism, for that matter.
RodericDay 11y ago
You can hit a sweet spot between 2015 USA and Cold-War China and USSR. ps. Upholding claims of private property with a state-monopoly on violent means of coercion is "government regulation". So you just build upwards from there.
Xeoncross 11y ago
Well, unlike teenagers, the government is known for its honesty
- alttab 11y ago
  Sarcasm, right?
mistermann 11y ago
By restricting what companies can and cannot do and forcing them to prove certain risks are genuinely covered before coming in and "disrupting" (aka destroying) industries that have generally done a somewhat decent job of things for decades. I'm just getting tired of people advocating free market principles and proclaiming that industries will police themselves, and then turning around and lying and cheating, with next to no consequences. I'm saying this as a pretty extreme economic right wing person - today's conservatives bear little resemblance to traditional ones.
- aianus 11y ago
  > to prove certain risks are genuinely covered Why? I'm well aware of the risks of using AirBnB (or being a contractor instead of an employee or whatever) and choose to take them on because I believe I come out ahead overall. Not everyone wants the nanny state watching out for them at every opportunity.
  - rfrank 11y ago
    And not everyone wants neighbors who destroy their quality of life because of their perceptions of a "nanny state."
  - mistermann 11y ago
    Not even reads Hacker News - feel free to link the location on AirBNB's website that informs regular people about the nature of things that can go wrong, and details on how they will handle that (or not, as the case may be).
    - mistermann 11y ago
      *Typo: Not everyone reads Hacker News...

A guy from post communist country here: how is more government regulation going to solve anything?

by dandare 11y ago

A guy from post communist country here: how is more government regulation going to solve anything?

A guy from a never communist country: privatization is not all that it seems to be when you've had to live under a "really existing socialism". Neither capitalism, for that matter.

RodericDay 11y ago

You can hit a sweet spot between 2015 USA and Cold-War China and USSR. ps. Upholding claims of private property with a state-monopoly on violent means of coercion is "government regulation". So you just build upwards from there.

Xeoncross 11y ago

Well, unlike teenagers, the government is known for its honesty

alttab 11y ago
Sarcasm, right?

mistermann 11y ago

By restricting what companies can and cannot do and forcing them to prove certain risks are genuinely covered before coming in and "disrupting" (aka destroying) industries that have generally done a somewhat decent job of things for decades. I'm just getting tired of people advocating free market principles and proclaiming that industries will police themselves, and then turning around and lying and cheating, with next to no consequences. I'm saying this as a pretty extreme economic right wing person - today's conservatives bear little resemblance to traditional ones.

aianus 11y ago
> to prove certain risks are genuinely covered Why? I'm well aware of the risks of using AirBnB (or being a contractor instead of an employee or whatever) and choose to take them on because I believe I come out ahead overall. Not everyone wants the nanny state watching out for them at every opportunity.
- rfrank 11y ago
  And not everyone wants neighbors who destroy their quality of life because of their perceptions of a "nanny state."
- mistermann 11y ago
  Not even reads Hacker News - feel free to link the location on AirBNB's website that informs regular people about the nature of things that can go wrong, and details on how they will handle that (or not, as the case may be).
  - mistermann 11y ago
    *Typo: Not everyone reads Hacker News...