Quote:
|
Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
I think there is a fine balance between laissez-faire and government regulation. If you have 100% laissez-faire- you get all kinds of dirty dealings, kickbacks, monopolistic practices, etc. If you have too much government regulation, you can hurt the profitibility of a business.
There are benefits and drawbacks to all political systems. Ultimately, in politics, I want to see people who understand this and understand balance in this imperfect world where idealism is foolishness.
It is like this in every aspect of government. If abortion was illegal, girls would attempt it themselves and die. It would be just like prohibition in this day and age.
The real question of politics is: what is the best we can do? I have no fricking clue even how to start answering that question, as most people do- because people either base their politics off of idealism or fear.
|
without delving
too far into politics yet again . . . coercive monopolies can only occur under a system that allows government regulation. one company might have a
de facto monopoly under laissez-faire at any given time, but that does not preclude companies who make a better product or have a more effective marketing strategy from coming in and gaining market share even with a behemoth as competition. on the other hand, with the force of the government behind it a corporation can essentially do whatever it wants to bully competitors out of business -- all it would need to do is appeal to congress to, er, regulate its competitors out of any chance of profitability. and the only way it can do that is to pour a zillion dollars into congressional campaign funds . . . see below.
the only companies that would want government favors under laissez-faire are the ones that are having the shite beaten out of them by the competition. if we didn't allow that the mediocre companies would fail (as the market says they should) and we would be left only with the successful companies, who again would have no reason to pour funds into the coffers of politicos so long as they didn't negatively interfere with their affairs by . . . er, regulating their business.
so yeah, different strokes.