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No one doubts that most regulation has been created with good intentions. Problems start when the interest of those creating the regulations are not aligned wit
by Hermel 11y ago
No one doubts that most regulation has been created with good intentions. Problems start when the interest of those creating the regulations are not aligned with the population. Once given the power to regulate, politicians and officials tend to use that power regardless of whether the regulation in question is really needed.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoSure, but even comments here questioning the regulations behind air travel show that people's idea of their interest may not be aligned with their actual interest. I have a feeling that the present generations think that relatively sane job market where employees ae not treated as resource to be used up is something that occurs naturally, and are happy to keep reversing all the changes our grandparents' grandparents paid in blood for, that let us have safe workplaces and not-too-unhealthy hours.
- jMyles 11y ago> No one doubts that most regulation has been created with good intentions. This is flatly false. Many of us believe that the vast majority of "regulation" is made in a corporatistic, profiteering mode. ...so much so that, when a perhaps quite reasonable regulation, such as this one, comes along, it is necessary to evaluate whether it is a boy crying wolf. And that sucks. > Problems start when the interest of those creating the regulations are not aligned with the population. It's also possible that it's just the nature of government power, and has nothing to do with the interests of the individuals ostensibly involved.