• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    They’re not trying to get rid of regulation though; they’re trying to make sure that the regulation is in their favor. That’s what regulatory capture is. They’re going to be fine with regulations that help cement their place in society.

    • taladar@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      Regulatory capture is certainly a thing but all that “small government” and “too much red tape” rhetoric free market parties have been spewing for decades is not that.