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It's hard not to read certain bits as hostile but I'll ignore that this time.
I want industries to self regulate, not companies. 3rd party regulators ought to be the most prestigious, sought after, highest paying positions in a private sector reserved for those with talent and skill in their field. I understand this has been a problem in the past because of a lack in transparency and choice but I'm not looking to recreate those mistakes. I picture something like small governments within each industry separate from the companies in the space but made up of individuals from the space. It's wildly different from what I hear other people talking about and the only way if trust it is if we transitioned to it slowly. Managing this system might be the only new responsibility I want to give the existing government.
I said what I said the way I said it because I don't like speaking for other people. I get things wrong from time to time and I don't want to misrepresent anybody especially when I'm talking about their priorities.
Trust will always be hard. Every process facilitated by humans will inherently need trust at some level and that will be a weak point. I don't claim to have an answer to this and know it's a hard problem to solve.
Unequivocally no. I've never straight-ticket voted for either party during a local or federal election and I'm not willing to make my gains at the expense of others. This comm exists as a place to question/critique/mock our current administration without having to change parties to do so.
I never said I have all the answers. I'm not 100% confident that this is the way the world should be run. I'm 95% confident that if we try it, it'll be better than what we have.
Everything that you say you want Industries to do, and how you want them to behave, is going to require a government making laws to force them into doing those things. No industry is going to do that of their own free will under a capitalist system.
I think on it from time to time but "how the world should be run" isn't something I want to be an expert in. I don't want to run the world, I just want to live a peaceful life in it. What -isms get us there is less important than if we find something that works.
I just know that the current administration is not on the right track.