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The state apologists who think that 'the law' is some kind of holy bible, when there clearly are far better outcomes from sidestepping overly burdenous regulati

The state apologists who think that 'the law' is some kind of holy bible, when there clearly are far better outcomes from sidestepping overly burdenous regulations is appalling but not surprising. It's no surprise that the US consistently outperforms the EU in GDP growth and innovation. The best approach to burdenous regulation is to grow fast enough to challenge it.

etnos 10y ago
>The state apologists who think that 'the law' is some kind of holy bible LMAO are you even being serious with this ?
patrickaljord 10y ago
Innovation almost always sidestep regulations, by definition. It offer a better way than the current way which is regulated according to its current specificities, and to offer this better way to do thing is to sidestep regulations to show how much better it is. Forcing innovators to "respect the law" squarely is basically killing innovation and why we see so little of it in the EU compared to the US. Note that regulations are also growing in the US and it keeps getting worse too sadly.
- camus2 10y ago
  > Innovation almost always sidestep regulations, by definition No it doesn't. And we're not talking about "Innovation" here, we're talking about a pure lucrative business.
  - patrickaljord 10y ago
    Uber did bring an innovative business model and service.
soVeryTired 10y ago
Sorry, how do you distinguish between regulation that's 'overly burdenous' and regulation that's fair and sensible? Also, how do you measure innovation?
Markoff 10y ago
yeah, because US is so superior students have to pay student loans for years and people must have funding campaigns to have enough money for simple medical procedures covered by healthcare in Europe hope you are enjoying that superior GDP in your wallet and daily life
- bjshepard 10y ago
  There's also a genocide against the black nation going on in the US, but they don't talk about that too much, do they.
  - agota 10y ago
    What exactly are you referring to?
agota 10y ago
I assume that by "state apologists" you mean law-abiding citizens and by "sidestepping overly burdenous regulations" you mean "breaking the law"? The law is not a "holy Bible" but in order for society to function people need to obey the law, and if they disagree with it, they need to use the democratic process to change it.

etnos 10y ago

>The state apologists who think that 'the law' is some kind of holy bible LMAO are you even being serious with this ?

patrickaljord 10y ago

Innovation almost always sidestep regulations, by definition. It offer a better way than the current way which is regulated according to its current specificities, and to offer this better way to do thing is to sidestep regulations to show how much better it is. Forcing innovators to "respect the law" squarely is basically killing innovation and why we see so little of it in the EU compared to the US. Note that regulations are also growing in the US and it keeps getting worse too sadly.

camus2 10y ago
> Innovation almost always sidestep regulations, by definition No it doesn't. And we're not talking about "Innovation" here, we're talking about a pure lucrative business.
- patrickaljord 10y ago
  Uber did bring an innovative business model and service.

soVeryTired 10y ago

Sorry, how do you distinguish between regulation that's 'overly burdenous' and regulation that's fair and sensible? Also, how do you measure innovation?

Markoff 10y ago

yeah, because US is so superior students have to pay student loans for years and people must have funding campaigns to have enough money for simple medical procedures covered by healthcare in Europe hope you are enjoying that superior GDP in your wallet and daily life

bjshepard 10y ago
There's also a genocide against the black nation going on in the US, but they don't talk about that too much, do they.
- agota 10y ago
  What exactly are you referring to?

agota 10y ago

I assume that by "state apologists" you mean law-abiding citizens and by "sidestepping overly burdenous regulations" you mean "breaking the law"? The law is not a "holy Bible" but in order for society to function people need to obey the law, and if they disagree with it, they need to use the democratic process to change it.