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I'd have to disagree on government regulation being bad. Sure some things aren't done well, as you say hobbyists can suffer, but without regulation at scale th
by Incipient 3y ago
I'd have to disagree on government regulation being bad.
Sure some things aren't done well, as you say hobbyists can suffer, but without regulation at scale the majority of the population suffers.
If it's not regulated, every big company will abuse whatever they can (people or otherwise) to get ahead.
- Ancapistani 3y agoI don’t agree with your conclusion, but totally grant that the reasoning is valid. That said - I didn’t posit that all government regulation is bad in my original post in this thread. I said that weakening the power of federal agencies is likely the only path to maintaining our federal system in the long term. While yes, my “end goal” is the dissolution of the state, I’m not naive enough to believe that could happen overnight and it be a good thing. Instead, I’d like to see government functions replaced one by one by private enterprises through natural market forces, culminating in dissolution of the state through lack of utility and interest in continuing it. That would be a multi-generational project even by the most optimistic projections.
- specialist 3y agoThere are no markets without regulation. Regulations make the market.
- Incipient 3y agoYou mean "private enterprise natural forces" that result in drivers being forced to urinate in bottles, tips stolen, unionising workers essentially fired, and then list goes on? Yeah you can stick that. Hard. People and companies will always try to screw over the little person. Government's role is to mitigate that.