I think you assumed that comment said something it didn’t.
Yes, because free market capitalism has been working out great.
Steve@communick.news 8 months ago
Yes, because free market capitalism has been working out great.
I think you assumed that comment said something it didn’t.
MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Regulations literally brought us to this…
aniki@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Steve@communick.news 8 months ago
Poorly written regulations with giant gaping loopholes for companies to skirt caused this.
You really blame the companies for following the law as written?
aniki@lemm.ee 8 months ago
grue@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Regulatory capture brought us to this.
theneverfox@pawb.social 8 months ago
Yeah, because regulatory capture is inevitable under our system.
Capitalism is always going to end back here if companies are allowed to grow to the point they can exert political influence
girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I’d honestly say it’s a bit of both. The regulations affecting this are pretty terrible and allow for the loopholes that are creating the issues we’re seeing today. But from my perspective, reducing these regulations won’t solve the problem. I would argue that we need both incentives and regulations that address this directly. That way, any companies that are still producing larger vehicles just to shirk regulations would be doing it at their own expense and for (hopefully) a niche market that still wants larger vehicles.
Heresy_generator@kbin.social 8 months ago
Because if the EPA's emissions regulations didn't exist car manufacturers would be making cleaner vehicles. /s