> You just have to quash special interests sometime. Autocracy gets shit done. People are all for it--until the steamroller comes for them. https://www.cnn.com

> You just have to quash special interests sometime. Autocracy gets shit done. People are all for it--until the steamroller comes for them. https://www.cnn.com/style/article/china-three-gorges-dam-intl-hnk-dst/index.html https://www.cnn.com/style/article/china-three-gorges-dam-int... And we know what happens when you let people ignore the regulations--you get Superfund sites. There is a political balance between "saving 3 salamanders in a cave" and "pervasive dumping of toxic sludge". The problem is that there is lots of incentive towards the "pervasive dumping" side and not a lot on the "saving things" side.