On: Tell HN: Salary data is for sale

[robertlagrant]

It's hard to know what you're saying here. What is "spin out of control" and why do you think it isn't addressed by competition and regulation?

[pydry → robertlagrant]

I'm saying that when it comes to regulation the sausage is mostly shaped by the same monopolists you naively assume it would protect us from.

And capital has a tendency to kill off competition you assume will just appear and magically take over.

[emteycz → pydry]

It's not assumed, that's the objective of state: To create a sustainable and consumer-oriented market through regulation and incentives.

[pydry → emteycz]

This is again, a feelings-based assumption. States do not behave according to this goal.

[robertlagrant → pydry]

> This is again, a feelings-based assumption

What feelings are you talking about?

[emteycz → pydry]

It's not a feelings based assumption, it's the role of liberal democratic states determined by the basic principles of democracy. That the states do not fulfill their role is their own fault.