Thing is, change in a democratic government takes time, because in a democracy you cannot issue edicts on many things.

When we vote at the ballot box and you vote for a red tie and I vote for a blue tie, one of us gets the tie we want and the other is forced to wear the wrong tie.

When we vote with our wallets I can get a green tie and you can get a yellow tie and someone else can have a purple tie. Everyone gets the tie they want, as long as there’s enough competition in the tie business.

The original point of my complaint was not that I want a better regulator. I want competition so that I can get what I want, at a lower price, and I’m not beholden to the ballot box.

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bbarnett 7 months ago | parent [-]

And mine, was that you should want better regulation, as better competition is an end to our societal control.

If foreign corporations control all aspects of your economy, you become a puppet.

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wubrr 7 months ago | parent [-]

Corporations already control all aspects of our economy. Whether they are foreign or 'benevolent domestic corporations' - as you seem to think they are, doesn't really matter. The insane flood of immigration and TFWs, which destroyed our housing, healthcare, justice systems, and lowered per-capita GDP was 100% at the behest of the benevolent domestic corporations, and all of the negative knock-on effects were known by our government and PM ahead of time, and they went ahead anyway.

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_aavaa_ 7 months ago | parent [-]

Doesn’t this make the case specifically for better government and regulations rather than more “competition”? Won’t all of that competition simply do the same thing vis a vis TFW?

Which by the way seems like a crazy program they got going on up there. It seems like the companies there are using them as scabs for non-unionized jobs.

	▲	wubrr 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		> Doesn’t this make the case specifically for better government and regulations rather than more “competition”? Yes, we need 'better government and regulations', not just 'more regulations'. It's literally the current government's regulation changes which allowed the insane levels of immigration, TFWs, students, etc. > Which by the way seems like a crazy program they got going on up there. It seems like the companies there are using them as scabs for non-unionized jobs. Yup, it's textbook wage suppression.