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> I feel environmental regulation is going the same path. There is a lot of resistance against improving things just because. Only when something really bad hap
by tzs 2y ago
> I feel environmental regulation is going the same path. There is a lot of resistance against improving things just because. Only when something really bad happens, people wake up. But even often nothings happens.
Also after something gets improved there is eventually pressure to roll it back. Similar thing with financial regulation: something bad happens, then there is bipartisan legislation to try to keep it from happening again, and then maybe a decade later that legislation is repealed or weakened...and the cycle starts all over.
I'm kind of fed up with it. My current job is slowly winding down and I'll probably retire when it ends, but if I decide not to retire I'm going to be way more open to jobs that in the past I would have ruled out over ethical concerns.
For once I'd like to see what it's like on the side providing the screwing instead of the side getting screwed.
So as long as I don't have to do anything that is actually illegal, I'm paid well enough that whatever havoc the work causes in the economy won't interfere with my lifestyle, and I'm far enough from the front lines that the I won't have to do things like testify in front of Congress and won't have to worry about angry mobs showing up at my house then no problem.
- andrepd 2y ago[flagged]
- tzs 2y agoI don't have kids. I'm not sure it would make a difference if I did though. Keep in mind that my reasoning that jobs I would have previously considered unethical (because I thought they made the world a worse place in general) would maybe be acceptable to take is based on the observation that whenever we actually accomplish making such jobs illegal or at least regulate them to mitigate the harm a few years later people elect representatives that reverse those protections. After enough cycles of that it is hard to avoid concluding that voters are nowhere near figuring out that they should stop electing those people. And its only getting worse due to people getting more and more of their information from less and less reliable sources. If I had kids then my planning would be based on the idea they are growing up in a world where there will be lots of businesses doing things that will destabilize the economy or lead to recessions or depressions, lots of people pushing questionable investments and questionable health products, even lots of outright scams, and no realistic prospects that government will do anything to curb that. The kids would have the best chance if I taught them how to avoid personally falling for those things and left them enough wealth that they will have an easier time getting through the recessions/depressions.
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