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Posted February 13, 2025 20:23 · last edited February 13, 2025 20:29

There's a saying, "regulations are written in blood". We have regulation for a reason. As a Wellingtonian, who lives in an earthquake prone city, I'm glad we have strong building regulations - yet property developers decry them for creating unnecessary cost and burden. The vast majority of regulations are there for a reason, and in a lot of cases they're there because if they weren't there lives would be lost.

The free market is good at some things, government is good at other things, either extreme is dangerous.

The government has a lot of accountability, it's held to account by its own safeguards and balance of power (which DOGE and Trump are dismantling in the case of the US) and with the ultimate accountability every three years (in the case of NZ, or four years in the US).

The issue is people thinking a government needs to be run like a business, in a hybrid model (like what most of the west runs) the government is there to help constrain the worst parts of capitalism through regulation and providing services.

What I think we'll find is that what's happening in the US is the rapid decline in the worldview and dismantling of alliances that has kept the world at unprecedented peace and prosperity for almost a century. Or, there will be a big backlash by the US voters (who hate the idea of the emerging oligarchy, having billionaires in government is only supported by 13% of people) and a return to the type of government which has been so successful.

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Unknown editor edited February 13, 2025 20:29

There's a saying, "regulation are written in blood". We have regulation for a reason. As a Wellingtonian, who lives in an earthquake prone city, I'm glad we have strong building regulations - yet property developers decry them for creating unnecessary cost and burden. The vast majority of regulations are there for a reason, and in a lot of cases they're there because if they weren't there lives would be lost.

The free market is good at some things, government is good at other things, either extreme is dangerous.

The government has a lot of accountability, it's held to account by its own safeguards and balance of power (which DOGE and Trump are dismantling in the case of the US) and with the ultimate accountability every three years (in the case of NZ, or four years in the US).

The issue is people thinking a government needs to be run like a business, in a hybrid model (like what most of the west runs) the government is there to help constrain the worst parts of capitalism through regulation and providing services.

What I think we'll find is that what's happening in the US is the rapid decline in the worldview and dismantling of alliances that has kept the world at unprecedented peace and prosperity for almost a century. Or, there will be a big backlash by the US voters (who hate the idea of the emerging oligarchy, having billionaires in government is only supported by 13% of people) and a return to the type of government which has been so successful.

Unknown editor edited February 13, 2025 20:27

There's a saying, "regulation are written in blood". We have regulation for a reason. As a Wellingtonian, who lives in an earthquake prone city, I'm glad we have strong building regulations - yet property developers decry them for creating unnecessary cost and burden. The vast majority of regulations are there for a reason, and in a lot of cases they're there because if they weren't there lives would be lost.

The free market is good at some things, government is good at other things, either extreme is dangerous.

The government has a lot of accountability, it's held to account by its own safeguards and balance of power (which DOGE and Trump are dismantling in the case of the US) and with the ultimate accountability every three years (in the case of NZ, or four years in the US).

The issue is people thinking a government needs to be run like a business, in a hybrid model (like what most of the west runs) the government is there to help constrain the worst parts of capitalism through regulation and providing services.

What I think we'll find is that what's happening in the US is the rapid decline in the worldview and dismantling of alliances that has kept the world at unprecedented peace and prosperity for almost a century or there will be a big backlash by the US voters (who hate the idea of the emerging oligarchy, having billionaires in government is only supported by 13% of people) and a return to the type of government which has been so successful.

Unknown editor edited February 13, 2025 20:26

There's a saying, "regulation are written in blood". We have regulation for a reason. As a Wellingtonian, who lives in an earthquake prone city, I'm glad we have strong building regulations - yet property developers decry them for creating unnecessary cost and burden. The vast majority of regulations are there for a reason, and in a lot of cases they're there because if they weren't there lives would be lost.

The free market is good at some things, government is good at other things, either extreme is dangerous.

The government has a lot of accountability, it's held to account by its own safeguards and balance of power (which DOGE and Trump are dismantling in the case of the US) and with the ultimate accountability every three years (in the case of NZ, or four years in the US).

The issue is people thinking a government needs to be run like a business, in a hybrid model like what most of the west runs the government is there to help constrain the worst parts of capitalism through regulation and providing services.

What I think we'll find is that what's happening in the US is the rapid decline in the worldview and dismantling of alliances that has kept the world at unprecedented peace and prosperity for almost a century or there will be a big backlash by the US voters (who hate the idea of the emerging oligarchy, having billionaires in government is only supported by 13% of people) and a return to the type of government which has been so successful.

Unknown editor edited February 13, 2025 20:24

There's a saying, "regulation are written in blood". We have regulation for a reason. As a Wellingtonian, who lives in an earthquake prone city, I'm glad we have strong building regulations - yet property developers decry them for creating unnecessary cost and burden. The vast majority of regulations are there for a reason, and they're there because if they weren't there lives would be lost.

The free market is good at some things, government is good at other things, either extreme is dangerous.

The government has a lot of accountability, it's held to account by its own safeguards and balance of power (which DOGE and Trump are dismantling in the case of the US) and with the ultimate accountability every three years (in the case of NZ, or four years in the US).

The issue is people thinking a government needs to be run like a business, in a hybrid model like what most of the west runs the government is there to help constrain the worst parts of capitalism through regulation and providing services.

What I think we'll find is that what's happening in the US is the rapid decline in the worldview and dismantling of alliances that has kept the world at unprecedented peace and prosperity for almost a century or there will be a big backlash by the US voters (who hate the idea of the emerging oligarchy, having billionaires in government is only supported by 13% of people) and a return to the type of government which has been so successful.

Unknown editor edited February 13, 2025 20:24

There's a saying, regulation is written in blood. We have regulation for a reason. As a Wellingtonian who lives in an earthquake prone city, I'm glad we have strong building regulations - yet property developers decry them for creating unnecessary cost and burden. The vast majority of regulations are there for a reason, and they're there because if they weren't there lives would be lost.

The free market is good at some things, government is good at other things, either extreme is dangerous.

The government has a lot of accountability, it's held to account by its own safeguards and balance of power (which DOGE and Trump are dismantling in the case of the US) and with the ultimate accountability every three years (in the case of NZ, or four years in the US).

The issue is people thinking a government needs to be run like a business, in a hybrid model like what most of the west runs the government is there to help constrain the worst parts of capitalism through regulation and providing services.

What I think we'll find is that what's happening in the US is the rapid decline in the worldview and dismantling of alliances that has kept the world at unprecedented peace and prosperity for almost a century or there will be a big backlash by the US voters (who hate the idea of the emerging oligarchy, having billionaires in government is only supported by 13% of people) and a return to the type of government which has been so successful.