Doesn't change the fact that exploitation is being done by the hand of regulation.

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My guy. Again this is literally exactly what I'm talking about.

Fine. But companies shouldn't try to deceive customers with a bullshit "Designed in the US"

And I'm telling you that this is done via regulation and not just naturally and isolated by corporations alone. Regulation is exploitation in practice.

Designed is different from made.

The examples you've given are of a regulatory system that has been captured by private interests. These are the interests that need regulation, they have turned on its face a system that is meant to protect the people from them and are using it to protect themselves from consequences of their own exploitation. Regulation isn’t exploitation by default. Exploitation happens when regulation is written in ways that entrench incumbents or erode civil liberties. The solution is not to get rid of all regulation, it’s regulation that constrains power rather than concentrating it. Your examples are a symptom of what is wrong with the current system, not a demonstration of its function.

Absolutely, but the goal of putting that on the package is to make it seem like it is a local product while it is in fact not made here.

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Direct democracy would be less hierarchical than what we have currently, but it's still a hierarchy of the majority over the minority. So long as government exists, the decisions of the majority will be violently enforced upon the minority.

Unless of course you're referring to direct democracy without law enforcement, but I wouldn't exactly call that a government.

Weighted voting based on how much said proposition affects you personally? Idk man why does perfect always have to be the enemy of a hell of a lot better than we have now?

The examples you've given are of a regulatory system that has been captured by private interests.

All regulatory systems are captured by some interest whether it be private corporations to families to ideological groups.

These are the interests that need regulation, they have turned on its face a system that is meant to protect the people from them and are using it to protect themselves from consequences of their own exploitation. Regulation isn’t exploitation by default.

Hard disagree. Regulation by it's design is meant to change something and with that change something will be made to have a disadvantage.

Exploitation happens when regulation is written in ways that entrench incumbents or erode civil liberties.

That's what regulations do.

The solution is not to get rid of all regulation,

It is the only fair thing to do, all other options are about trying to create equity and usually failing at best and making it worse.

it’s regulation that constrains power rather than concentrating it.

Not in practice. This isn't a recent history thing either.

Your examples are a symptom of what is wrong with the current system, not a demonstration of its function.

Ignoring reality doesn't make thing right though.

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