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ProfessorPlum

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4. Michael Moore wrote about regulation

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2018, 11:58 AM

Nov 2018

in his book "dude, where's my democracy?" and said that it is obvious that we need it and we can all agree on it. For example, he said, we don't allow corporations to sell crack or heroine. That's a regulation we can all agree with.

And then, time passed, regulation evaporated away, and lo and behold we are allowing corporations to sell deadly, addictive drugs. Huzzah for the free market.

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