Not saying that ALL regulations are good, or even well written, or effective.
I'm saying that complete ABSENCE of ANY regulation whatsoever is dangerous.
The thread is titled "Why shouldn't capitalism be BETTER regulated?
If the regulation is not better, then it is not better regulation, it's poor regulation.
And we need BETTER regulation, in areas where regulation might be called for.
I am attempting to make a very very specific point here, I am not broad brushing or saying,
"Regulate the crap out of everything that moves or has a pulse!"
We are not "Animal Farm", therefore it is not necessary to run around screeching,
"Four legs good, two legs BAA-A-A-A-A-AD!!"
And whenever anybody reflexively jumps up and says that "regulation is bad" because:
A
B
C
D
they're leaving out E, F, G and so on, which might not be bad, and might even be good.
Just don't do A-B-C-D and learn to implement E-F-G etc as intelligently as possible.
Yeah, I really hate them knee jerkers...or how bout them halfwit ****s who give someone else their position for them, when they don't know what the **** they're talking about....god I hate them asses with a passion...:soap
More times than not, people, I'm not one of these people you understand, but there are the Ayn Randians of the world who despise regulation for despising regulations sake. They think because ABCD are so bad that EFG will just have to be lost in the fight.
I personally am jaded with the whole process, but not so much that I don't see the underlying necessity or good that comes with certain types of regulation.
See, when you have to shut down a start up because government has their head up their ass and you watch as hundreds of thousands of dollars in product is thrown out or destroyed (none of it mine thank god, the one time my procrastination paid off, but of fellow entrepreneurs ) because the city doesn't know how to deal with the industry, or I should say make money off it, or when you can't even put a business plan into action because certain aldermen with competing interests constantly are putting up road blocks, and others are aligned with those in the same space who've lined their pockets and have therefore been given the green light and a head start, well, you'll forgive me if my initial response to "why shouldn't capitalism be regulated?" is one of pessimism.
Or when you come back from Europe and you're reminded of how your government is essentially allowing you to be poisoned by the untold number of atrocities to man companies are allowed to commit and what's worse are protected by the government TO commit, again pessimism wins the day...
Or even when you think back a couple years and you see an entire industry raking in billions by just resting on their laurels and then lobbying successfully to hamstring competition who've embraced technological advancements and entered into their space so successfully that now have taken over the space, what is a thoughtful creature going to lean towards? pessimism
Or how about that family with hope all but gone, who want to try their saved one with an "unapproved" treatment, medicine what have you, and they just want to throw that last hail mary pass, knowing deep down it will probably fail, but just want that shred of hope to cling to? Yeah, **** them for their own good, right?
Now course there are plenty of regulations in place that do keep the scumbags from just out and out killing us, but, you know, at the time I wasn't thinking of them. That's my optimistic side, the side that makes me think, nah, the government ain't gonna allow for there to be a percentage of fecal matter in my meat. Or sawdust in my parmesan, or....oh hell nah, wait a minute...
Regulations that are good, that are truly a given, no one in their right mind is opposed to. The problem is in trusting those making the regulations. As we see time and time again expedience usually wins the day and that's usually a loss for most of us.
