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> saddled with a million regulations from the government How acute is this, in general? I'm not from the US and I have no clue about it. From the outside it se
by molteanu 7y ago
> saddled with a million regulations from the government
How acute is this, in general? I'm not from the US and I have no clue about it. From the outside it seems that everything is going well, creativity is abundant and freedom is running wild in the streets. Your comment kinda negates that and I'm a little surprised by it.
- danaris 7y agoBy and large, it's propaganda. There is reasonable concern about some kinds of bureaucratic requirements and government-mandated busywork in certain fields, but for the most part, what holds individuals back in our country is the gross inequality in the system, manifesting in a variety of forms. One of those forms, of course, is regulatory capture, allowing certain industries to maintain high barriers to entry because the people running the governmental agencies tasked with ensuring those industries are being run safely and for the public benefit are mostly former and/or soon-to-be industry executives and lobbyists. This makes it much easier for the anti-government "look how horrible things are with regulation" rhetoric, when the actual cause is still overwhelming corporate power.
- itronitron 7y agoThe parent comment is very accurate in regards to teachers within the public school systems in the US. For other industries it is the general rule that the top companies are very creative as they are bending, breaking, or rewriting the laws in some way.