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Originally Posted by galleryseek
Pretty much all "safety regulations" were put there and lobbied by the top corporations.
Compliance is burdensome and expensive. This benefits the top corporations who plan for these regulations, and in turn, it squashes out the competition who can't afford to comply.
Another reason these regulations are put in place is to spur the emergence of alternative technologies, pretty much all of which the politicians invest heavily in.
The very last thing top corporations want is a free and open market place in which competition can easily dethrone them; regulation is one powerful way they can maintain control. It's a myth to believe that corporations hate regulation, they thrive on it.
Listen, the government doesn't give a fuck about your safety. It's about money and it always has been.
You'd think "entrepreneurs" would see this.
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I pretty much agree with that, but, don't think you will get many to believe it.
I have been pointing it out since I first seen it over 20 years ago.
For many years the government and eco groups wanted to do something about containment in fuel stations where many times leaks in the soil from tanks as gas stations and airports and fuel depots were getting into water supply's.
The industry resisted and nothing happened. But then the oil company's lobbied and got passed a stiff set of regulations to stop it.
Why...?
It was a tool to force many independents out or aligning them to purchase fuel from the financier of the expensive containment systems.
Just one example of many. And no matter how much or as many times I prove my point, most will still not believe what is right in front of them.
So good luck in getting anyone to believe you ! Let alone doing anything about it.