cheaper for customers??? What world do you live in where sellers care about customers?
reply> the more degrees of freedom the seller has the more likely they are to do something to make the whole process cheaper for customers.
replyI think this is the crux of our disagreement. In my experience, the more degrees of freedom the seller has, the more chances to fuck you over they have.
I think - and this might be my European perspective and maybe why we feel differently about regulations than Americans - the main source of risk is corporations trying to take advantage of you, not the government. Curbing said risk through regulations is a core part of good governance.
If you let yourself get taken advantage of by corporations the result is substantially higher median incomes [0]. I remain unconvinced that adopting an adversarial stance toward the people who are trying to give you real stuff is the best strategy. Cooperation and forming a consensus with them seems like a better path.
reply[0] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/median-income-after-tax-l...
I think this, too, is a case of cultural differences. This ranking [0] seems much more meaningful to me than the one you linked.
reply[0] https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/best-countries-fo...