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[wufwugy]

It's the opinion of someone who believes government regulation of business is a bad thing in principle. The problem with that stance is it's been shown repeatedly that without gov't regulation, businesses will happily abuse the rights and well-being of citizens for their own profit.

An example: without EPA regs, mining companies could save money by not cleaning up the toxic byproducts of their operation. There is no laissez faire approach to business regulation that you could argue would self-police this matter.

E.g., a copper mine opens in Montana, takes out all the copper and leaves a bunch of toxic waste behind that bleeds into the drinking water, making everyone and everything that lives there sick for decades. According to some this would be a bad practice for that company economically because people would no longer buy their copper. Only that doesn't happen because the people buying their copper don't give a shit about the drinking water in Montana either.

I love laws. What I don't love are laws that cause excessive harm because they are from monopolies.

If monopolies abuse people within the markets they operate, do monopolies that operate in every market abuse people?

[Poopadoop]

I love laws. What I don't love are laws that cause excessive harm because they are from monopolies.

If monopolies abuse people within the markets they operate, do monopolies that operate in every market abuse people?

You missed (or ignored) the whole point. Free market principles are insufficient to prevent corporate abuse of citizens' rights and well-being.

[wufwugy]

You missed (or ignored) the whole point. Free market principles are insufficient to prevent corporate abuse of citizens' rights and well-being.

It is because I get the point very well that I asked the question I asked.

[Poopadoop]

It is because I get the point very well that I asked the question I asked.

Your question has nothing to do with my point.