• lemmysmash@piefed.social
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    2 hours ago

    The problem with regulators is that they a) gladly suck corporate dicks, b) gladly opt-in for the same authoritarian methods of population control, and c) gladly ignore common sense altogether.

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      1 hour ago

      “a” has a name: regulatory capture.

      Regulators have in the past fulfilled their role, they’ve just been hamstrung.