> I have a lot less faith in corporations, businesses and entrepreneurs than you do. I didn't say I had lots of faith in those entities. I just have even less

> I have a lot less faith in corporations, businesses and entrepreneurs than you do. I didn't say I had lots of faith in those entities. I just have even less faith in governments. Given the respective historical track records, I think that's reasonable. > Those entities only goal is generating ever increasing profits, all else be damned, no matter the harm they cause to society and employees. Some corporations, businesses, and entrepreneurs are like this. But many are not. The problem is that the ones that are like that are the ones who benefit the most from government regulations. Also, your implication is that governments have better goals, like respecting people's rights--but those goals are an even worse description of what governments actually do, than your jaundiced description above is of what most corporations, businesses, and entrepreneurs actually do.