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There are lots of powers which if shed would not be picked up by somebody else. For example if you remove the government's ability to grant FISA warrants for wi
by jjk166 5y ago
There are lots of powers which if shed would not be picked up by somebody else. For example if you remove the government's ability to grant FISA warrants for wiretaps, that does not suddenly grant wiretapping powers to other entities. Shut down the EPA and no one gains the ability to regulate sulphur emissions. Shut down the FDA and no one gains the authority to stop drugs from going to market. Shut down the patent office and no one gains the ability to grant patents.
There are cases where the government is actively limiting other entities abilities to abuse their powers. For example you want to restrict who a power company can shut off service to so they don't extort people in the middle of winter. Giving up the regulation of such utilities would simply be a power transfer (no pun intended). But this represents only a small fraction of the governments powers, and in general unregulated means exactly that.