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Rika_Furude posted...

im not suggesting businesses change how they behave fundamentally. Im just saying that the government (if not corrupt) and businesses have conflicting ideals and the government should be putting up guard rails to protect people which businesses then operate inside of. Theres still no convincing argument presented against the idea of regulating businesses. A truly free market is an atrocious idea, and only regulating important markets is also terrible. The job of the government is to protect the people and enhance their lives, putting regulations on business is one of many tools in the toolkit. You already see some regulations like health and safety regulations, kitchens must be clean etc. theres nothing wrong with regulations around price gouging either

At no point have I said that Im anti-regulations in general. Things like health and safety laws and employments laws are important. So are anti-monopoly laws and regulations to ensure that people arent priced out of necessities.

There doesnt need to be a law to make sure you can afford a Big Mac. You talk about needing a good reason not to do it. You havent provided a good reason to do it.