That same corporate America that screams bloody murder to proposed regulations available for notice and comment, hasn't said "boo" to the arbitrary and contradictory edicts coming from the regime, even those costing them money/market share/goodwill. If we ever restore a government based on laws and not tantrum, with every proposed regulation that protects, well, ANYTHING, we should rub corporate noses in their failure to stand up for the rule of law and willingness to roll over for the dictator.
Maybe more pointedly, USAID’s role in defeating apartheid made it an intentional target for a certain billionaire welfare queen of South African origin.
The longstanding corporate bellyache about how any sort of regulation interferes with the natural law of capitalism is also exposed as a lie. The strongman shows up and says "these are the new rules, at least for for today, and tomorrow I'll have some more, probably different ones," and corporate America has fallen right in line without a peep. None of the longtime complaints about the cost of compliance or the legality of regulation or inefficiency or lack of predictability or anything else. If we get our democracy back, when corporate America complains about the cost/difficulty/impossibility of complying with properly developed regulations, we tell them STFU, you had your chance to show your true colors and you did, market capitalism has to serve democracy, not the other way around.
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That same corporate America that screams bloody murder to proposed regulations available for notice and comment, hasn't said "boo" to the arbitrary and contradictory edicts coming from the regime, even those costing them money/market share/goodwill. If we ever restore a government based on laws and not tantrum, with every proposed regulation that protects, well, ANYTHING, we should rub corporate noses in their failure to stand up for the rule of law and willingness to roll over for the dictator.
Maybe more pointedly, USAID’s role in defeating apartheid made it an intentional target for a certain billionaire welfare queen of South African origin.
Also puts the lie to corporate complaints about regulation
The longstanding corporate bellyache about how any sort of regulation interferes with the natural law of capitalism is also exposed as a lie. The strongman shows up and says "these are the new rules, at least for for today, and tomorrow I'll have some more, probably different ones," and corporate America has fallen right in line without a peep. None of the longtime complaints about the cost of compliance or the legality of regulation or inefficiency or lack of predictability or anything else. If we get our democracy back, when corporate America complains about the cost/difficulty/impossibility of complying with properly developed regulations, we tell them STFU, you had your chance to show your true colors and you did, market capitalism has to serve democracy, not the other way around.