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Originally Posted by checkm8
And do you think nuclear power plants shouldn't be regulated by the gov't too?
Nuke plants should be regulated by a competent agency that answers to the people that could potentially be affected by said plant. This could be a federal agency but more effective would be local oversight.
in other words torts
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At what point do you think the government has a role in regulation, if any?
mostly local in order to be realistically responsive to its constituents, but I do see a place for oversight of a consistent and fair legal system.
in other words torts
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How do you reconcile a business's incentive to make money with the negative externalities that will inevitably result?
torts + common sense + responsibility to customers + responsibility to community + LDO TORTS again
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And that being said, how do you reconcile the large discrepancy in severity that each business can potentially pose to the general population/ecosystem/ect (ie: a nuclear power plant poses more of a threat than a skateboard factory)?
the same way you reconcile anything that is a greater risk, greater underwriting and greater scrutiny/greater care