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The incumbent control is executed through regulations. Cities more friendly to regulation have this type of problem more often. I see this sort of thing attribu
by parineum 6y ago
The incumbent control is executed through regulations. Cities more friendly to regulation have this type of problem more often. I see this sort of thing attributed to capitalism all the time when, really, it's just corruption of the regulatory process. Corruption isn't a bug in capitalism, it's a trait of humans. Corruption has crippled bodies of all types, from the UN to my HOA.
With zero regulation this problem wouldn't exist. The guy would rent the space and open an ice cream shop in days, if not weeks. There might be rat feces in the chocolate chip but he'd be selling it.
- munk-a 6y agoWell, with zero regulation this guy would open up his shop and the other business owners would just dump trash outside of his door until he's forced to move away (or, like, worse). Regulations work both ways and even the regulation here (restricting the opening of a new business) is something that can and has benefited small business - lest we forget when Walmart aggressively forced out competitors with heavy market saturation before consolidating services into infrequent super-stores.
- username90 6y agoIt could take weeks instead of years to sort this out, SF just doesn't want to do it.
- parineum 6y agoThat's why I mentioned the rat feces. It's certainly a give and take but you can't have regulatory capture without a regulatory mechanism.