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Came to say this too, basically. The FTC is currently a bright candle in the swamp. I think we need a word for this work. Maybe disenshittification? :)

croes 2y ago
I doubt it will stay that way if Trump gets a 2nd term.
- kibwen 2y ago
  Even if he doesn't, the supreme court justices that he installed will just say, ackshually, we interpret the constitution to say that this is the purview of the judicial branch, natch.
  - invaderzirp 2y ago
    Not sure why you're getting downvoted (jk I know exactly why). HN will have an entire goddamn Bollywood dance number around the fact that big corporations screw people over, and government has to come in and fix it. "Omg wow, this is great! Why didn't we do this sooner?" Well, tech has a spasming tantrum every time anyone even hints at maybe not letting companies do whatever they want all the time, including most of the people here, and Congress has long since been captured by business interests and people who think the government makes hurricanes. The solutions are not at all technically challenging, our political system just isn't effective anymore. That's why regulatory bodies do what they can to make rules while Congress and tech companies sit around counting their money.
- alwayslikethis 2y ago
  fwiw JD Vance has voiced support a few times for keeping Lina Khan who is pushing a lot of this agenda.
  - smt88 2y ago
    There is absolutely no chance Trump's donors, which include the A16Z clowns, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, and a lot of anti-regulation people in Silicon Valley, are going to allow Lina Khan to stick around. Vice presidents have no power, and Vance is not on the ticket because Trump is interested in his opinion on the FTC. He's on the ticket because he said he wouldn't have peacefully transferred power like Pence did, and that's the only reason.
    - alwayslikethis 2y ago
      Most of these applies to Harris as well. I can only hope it somehow falls through.
  - burkaman 2y ago
    The vice president's opinions are not relevant, especially if they only stated those opinions before joining the presidential ticket.
  - xerox13ster 2y ago
    It's not worth the bits this line was printed to screen with. Trump will do away with the FTC because it stands in the way of their goal of dismantling the executive administration. The only thing JD Vance supports about keeping Lina Khan is keeping her captured and institutionally bound so she cannot bring legislation forward against their agenda as a citizen.
  - croes 2y ago
    JD Vance once compared Trump to Hitler, so I think what he says means nothing.
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namaria 2y ago
Regulation
- dghlsakjg 2y ago
  Governing is another one!
xnx 2y ago
> I think we need a word for this work. Consumer protection

croes 2y ago

I doubt it will stay that way if Trump gets a 2nd term.

kibwen 2y ago
Even if he doesn't, the supreme court justices that he installed will just say, ackshually, we interpret the constitution to say that this is the purview of the judicial branch, natch.
- invaderzirp 2y ago
  Not sure why you're getting downvoted (jk I know exactly why). HN will have an entire goddamn Bollywood dance number around the fact that big corporations screw people over, and government has to come in and fix it. "Omg wow, this is great! Why didn't we do this sooner?" Well, tech has a spasming tantrum every time anyone even hints at maybe not letting companies do whatever they want all the time, including most of the people here, and Congress has long since been captured by business interests and people who think the government makes hurricanes. The solutions are not at all technically challenging, our political system just isn't effective anymore. That's why regulatory bodies do what they can to make rules while Congress and tech companies sit around counting their money.
alwayslikethis 2y ago
fwiw JD Vance has voiced support a few times for keeping Lina Khan who is pushing a lot of this agenda.
- smt88 2y ago
  There is absolutely no chance Trump's donors, which include the A16Z clowns, Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, and a lot of anti-regulation people in Silicon Valley, are going to allow Lina Khan to stick around. Vice presidents have no power, and Vance is not on the ticket because Trump is interested in his opinion on the FTC. He's on the ticket because he said he wouldn't have peacefully transferred power like Pence did, and that's the only reason.
  - alwayslikethis 2y ago
    Most of these applies to Harris as well. I can only hope it somehow falls through.
- burkaman 2y ago
  The vice president's opinions are not relevant, especially if they only stated those opinions before joining the presidential ticket.
- xerox13ster 2y ago
  It's not worth the bits this line was printed to screen with. Trump will do away with the FTC because it stands in the way of their goal of dismantling the executive administration. The only thing JD Vance supports about keeping Lina Khan is keeping her captured and institutionally bound so she cannot bring legislation forward against their agenda as a citizen.
- croes 2y ago
  JD Vance once compared Trump to Hitler, so I think what he says means nothing.
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namaria 2y ago

Regulation

dghlsakjg 2y ago
Governing is another one!

xnx 2y ago

> I think we need a word for this work. Consumer protection