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This is the same kind of mentality espoused by "cut the red tape" types in the West. The kind who post images such as the 1930s construction workers having lunc
by optimalsolver 4y ago
This is the same kind of mentality espoused by "cut the red tape" types in the West. The kind who post images such as the 1930s construction workers having lunch on a suspended beam with a caption like "Back when we could build things". Worker fatality rates, of course, not even alluded to.
If you try to eliminate bureaucracy, you very quickly find out what it was all for.
- yostrovs 4y agoI'm waiting to find out what all the red tape really is for. Some of it, like earthquake resilience, I understand. But licensing of barbers in some states while not in others, I'll have to wait for the inevitable disaster that will befall unlicensed barbers to teach me my lesson. For you it probably is easy because you very quickly find out what those licenses are for. Ayn Rand lives rent free in your mind.
- brokencode 4y agoYour post is needlessly political, but you have a fair point. Ultimately there is a balance between too much and not enough regulation. Certain regulations are very important, such as those for public safety around earthquakes, floods, fires, etc. But we have a lot of zoning regulation in this country that seemingly just exists to support special interests at the detriment of society as a whole. For instance, there is a significant amount of single family zoning in California that has prevented developers from building sufficient housing density where it is needed. Recently, some areas have lost their zoning privileges due to state law because they’ve refused to take any steps to solve the problem. I believe we need to significantly reduce zoning restrictions around the country to allow for more housing to be built with the aim of bringing down housing costs.
- yostrovs 4y agoI agree with you and just would like to note that me mentioning Ayn Rand came about because the original comment that I was replying to initially had her mentioned. The author must have edited it to remove her.
- brink 4y agoJust because someone made a greedy and erroneous cut of red tape somewhere across the world does not mean that all red tape is good.
- Georgelemental 4y agoTurkish developers building unsafe buildings that kill people, doesn't mean that preschools should lose their license if they have full fat milk instead of 2% milk (actual regulation where I live). Not all red tape is created equal
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