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"Have a society where people like this can't get a foot-hold in the first place" - How does one build this society? This is not meant as snark. Building a syst
by rakejake 2y ago
"Have a society where people like this can't get a foot-hold in the first place" - How does one build this society? This is not meant as snark.
Building a system that prevents sharks from getting a hold while also not preventing well-meaning people from building seems incredibly hard.
- arp242 2y agoThings I'd start with include: - Don't shoe-horn "free market" into absolutely everything, recognizing that in some areas you need more regulation than in others. - Reasonable anti-trust with reasonable enforcement. - Personal responsibility instead of corporate responsibility (which is very rare today except in cases of outright fraught such as Enron, VW Diesel, etc.) You can argue a bit about the details, but I don't think any of this is hugely controversial and has broad support across the political spectrum.
- orwin 2y agoRemove limited liability to 'all asset paid by undue selling of share and dividend received, pierce the corporate veil _systematically_ in every fraud cases. Bilzerian have a famous son who squandered the hundred of millions he stole and put in a trust before getting arrested, but I'm pretty sure defrauding people and putting the money in a trust, getting out of low-sec filled with other people like you after 5-10 year then living like a king shouldn't be possible.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y ago"Be careful. If you scare away my demons, my angels might leave as well."