• cobra89@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Do tell, what overbearing regulations did Dollar Tree and Family Dollar lobby for? They don’t really do anything different from any normal retail space so I don’t see how that’s really a feasible explanation in this scenario.

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      If corporations own the government and the government ruins everything, corporations ruin everything. Just want to make sure that I say that because people see regulatory capture as an excuse to get rid of regulation entirely rather than making bribery illegal again.

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      Oh no the mom and pop dollar store doesn’t exist in the building with the other 2 dollar stores 😭

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      Maybe it’s what you’re saying, but regulation per se isn’t the issue. If regulation is stifling small businesses, this is largely the result of regulatory capture, where large corporations lobby for regulations that only benefit them; such as requiring certain licenses only they can afford, or requiring practices they themselves invented and own the rights to.

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      Durr, corporations fuck everyone over even with regulations in place. If we remove regulations, I’m sure they would treat us better. Hurr.