Anti-regulation response: "Thanks. I will evaluate it on its merits with the responsibility being mine."
Pro-regulation response: "Oh, was it regulated? No? No thanks. I only accept regulated things otherwise I have to accept responsibility for my own evaluation."
What always strikes me as odd is how the US discourse around regulations stays always on a hypothetical level, while literally 50 other states have regulations for decades and know where it works and where not.
This feels a little like discussing whether airplanes are a realistic means of transportation while the rest of the world uses them for years and isn’t really a rational approach towards reality, but rationalizing ones believes. Airplanes are made by the devil, therefore they can’t be good.
The way this discourse unfolds in the US says more about the state of the nation than it says about the practicability of any regulation.
Can you fuck up things with overregulating? Sure thing! Can you fuck things up by not regulating? Sure thing! And while hitting the right balance can be tricky at times, this is not a theoretical matter you can observe it empirical and ask yourself if it works.
I know the tribal partisan divide in the US leads some to leave their head at the door, but come on, this is just silly.
Like: "Here's a thing."
Anti-regulation response: "Thanks. I will evaluate it on its merits with the responsibility being mine."
Pro-regulation response: "Oh, was it regulated? No? No thanks. I only accept regulated things otherwise I have to accept responsibility for my own evaluation."