Things are happening in the orbit of 2025's lesser-known ostensibly socialist-adjacent mayoral election victor, although given that Wilson hasn't taken office yet this is definitely a Harrell decision.

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[–] Krono@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Regulations are just a tool and all tools can be misused. I'm definitely not here to suggest regulations are perfect or that they can solve all of our problems.

It feels like an insult to myself and the audience to assume that we aren't all aware of regulatory capture.

[–] decaptcha@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I apologize, didn't intend to come off as insulting. Your top level comment demonstrates awareness for sure but your subsequent ones read to me as written by someone who doesn't, they give me a very "end of history vibes," as if the very examples you cite aren't being degraded and hollowed out in real time before our eyes. not apologizing for assuming the audience isn't aware of regulatory capture. I find it odd you'd assume the opposite tbh.

I think at the very least we disagree on the definition of "black pilled doomerism," in the context of responding to this news, but to be frank that's not a discussion I'm interested in having presently.

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

The examples I cited are being degraded and hollowed out before our eyes. That should give us even more reason to attempt to safeguard them.

Maybe I'm naive for being a bit hopeful, but I'm no Fukuyama. I understand that the system is crumbling, and that the core of the system is irredeemable.

None of that changes the fact that regulations like the Clean Air Act are a good thing. Yes, it should have done more to regulate coal emissions. Yes, it was unilaterally dismantled by Trump. It is still a good thing; nihilism on this subject is counter productive; and that is really my entire thesis here.