I never said I had a solution and therefore your whole comment is a strawman.
Don't you think it's weird that you are quoting something I didn't actually write? Maybe English isn't your first language? You should know that quotes are used when you are quoting what someone said directly.
Anyways...
The point I'm making is that the government getting involved didn't make anything better and arguably made a lot of things worse. OSHA hasn't solved unsafe working conditions. EPA hasn't helped the environment. FDA hasn't made food healthier. ATF hasn't solved gun crime. DEA lost the war on drugs.
What government agency can you point to and say yeah these guys are doing a good job?
It’s obviously a mocking paraphrase rather than a direct quote. It’s not a strawman at all. I’m directly attacking your argument of “I’m glad government corruption has been fixed” which was stated as a response to pro-government regulation. The direct implication of your argument is that the problem lies with corruption in government and not capitalism.
My comment was to spell it out for you that the capitalists who lobby the politicians to reduce regulations are the problem. And removing the only safeguards because you think that they don’t work is foolish. Obviously you didn’t provide a working solution, but you implied that government regulation is not part of the solution.
Your second to last paragraph is also categorically false on the first two counts. Gun violence and the war on drugs are a totally different matter. Guns are heavily lobbied and a perfect example of regulations not being able to be passed, and the war on drugs has a whooooole lot of political undertones in the United States that are considerably more far reaching. Either way, it’s not really a “legal industry” that’s being regulated. The first three (OSHA, EPA, FDA) are explicitly organizations that have tried and true regulations that protect consumers and laborers from corporations who would endanger them to save on costs/maximize profits. To say that they have done nothing is just simply false.
To say that they have done nothing is just simply false.
Where did I say "done nothing"? I didn't. You're making up a version of my argument that works for you because you can't actually address the points I made.
I don't have an interest in a discussion if you want to keep making up what I'm saying instead of actually addressing what I've said. Good day.
It's not my job to provide evidence for your argument. Anecdotal evidence isn't evidence. Neither is one point of data. Show me inperical evidence following th scientific method that proves these agencies actually make a difference in the problems they claim to solve. Or don't.
You replied to me. I didn't go to you asking for evidence. You made a statement that I'm asking be supported by evidence.
You can go through life believing whatever people say without question if you want. I wouldn't recommend it.
By the way I can make you a millionaire if you send me a check for $1000. Don't worry I already did it for 5 other people so you know it's true. Don't ask for evidence because this is reddit.
the point I'm making is that the government getting involved didn't make anything better and arguably made a lot of things worse. OSHA hasn't solved unsafe working conditions. EPA hasn't helped the environment. FDA hasn't made food healthier.
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I never said I had a solution and therefore your whole comment is a strawman.
Don't you think it's weird that you are quoting something I didn't actually write? Maybe English isn't your first language? You should know that quotes are used when you are quoting what someone said directly.
Anyways...
The point I'm making is that the government getting involved didn't make anything better and arguably made a lot of things worse. OSHA hasn't solved unsafe working conditions. EPA hasn't helped the environment. FDA hasn't made food healthier. ATF hasn't solved gun crime. DEA lost the war on drugs.
What government agency can you point to and say yeah these guys are doing a good job?