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Laurelai · 4598 days ago · link · · parent · post: What are the benefits of government that cannot be replicated?
Well heres the thing, due to the inherent and deep connections between government and business and how much legal authority and power businesses have in various fields they can really be considered a defacto arm of the government in the US, I was going to get into this point in a later posting but when capitalism and government get in bed together the results can be disastrous. Nobody should have that much power. If a manufacturer isnt allowed to operate in your local community unless they are environmentally sound ( a decision reached by community consensus) they are going to have a hard time making profits period since nobody will want them around if they wont give people what they want. Perhaps im just being idealistic here but i genuinely think that people would do the right thing in this case.