It's amazing how such a large proportion of our society becomes incapable of thinking critically about policy and incentives when the policy in question is the

It's amazing how such a large proportion of our society becomes incapable of thinking critically about policy and incentives when the policy in question is the product of a legislature. Regulations just stupid rules made up by stupid humans. They're not special. They're no more likely to be a net good or bad for the groups they apply to than some random policy that comes down from corporate. Every regulation that removes a rung from the ladder and increases inequality sails under the flag of some noble goal. And useful idiots take that shit hook line and sinker. If prosperity was as simple as playing regulatory whack-a-mole on every bad thing we see we'd be a hell of a lot more prosperous.