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Well, 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 awa
by munk-a 6y ago
Well, 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.