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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe fire and explosion in West should kill "let the market decide" for good.
The question is: will it?
It won't, of course, but it should give anyone who supported Ron Paul in the past couple elections pause, and it shows just how ridiculous the theory is as a basis for society.
Responsible company self-regulation is one of the most delusional fantasies in politics. West shows what happens when budget cuts, negligence, and lack of oversight create the perfect storm.
But, hey, some companies are still going to dodge reporting and oversight requirements anyway, so why bother having them, right?
Paul was right in one regard -- the company is going to get sued into the ground. Right before they file bankruptcy.
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)librechik
(30,676 posts)we might get somewhere with that notion.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)No. This won't either.
It is almost impossible to convince someone who makes money from an idea that that idea is wrong.
neverforget
(9,436 posts)People are expendable when it comes to profits.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)like Sanders, Kucinich, Warren, Grayson)
and like NRA talking points or the Afghan mujahideen or the energy industry or the assclownier elements of the IDF or the Saudi's Salafism we only respond by *redoubling* our support for it whenever it bites us on the ass