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> If you really think regulations are made to protect someone other than the poor or middle classes I've got a bridge in Alaska to sell you. https://en.wikiped
by cgmg 9y ago
> If you really think regulations are made to protect someone other than the poor or middle classes I've got a bridge in Alaska to sell you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
> The whole point of regulations is that the collective power of the masses...
'The whole point' != what happens in reality.
> That's why you don't make regulations based on feelings and instead look at what the evidence says.
Sure... except that's rarely what happens in politics.
- cannonedhamster 9y agoYes, your points are all valid and correct. My statement was meant about what they are meant to protect not made to protect. Was a bad word choice on my part and I deserve the criticism of my comment I received.