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To: Doren who wrote (1454328)	4/29/2024 6:20:48 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577025

Doren, But I have yet to see a cogent solution from conservatives on how government can protect people from swindlers or dangerous incompetent builders by eliminating all mistakes bureaucrats make. Most bureaucrats are well meaning. a) Bureaucrats are NOT well-meaning. Most are looking to preserve their careers and their positions of power. Sometimes that means acting toward the greater good. Other times that means preserving the status quo. b) The conservative answer to how government can protect from swindlers or dangerous incompetent builders is to deal with it at the local level. c) No one thinks regulations are "all bad." That's a common straw man that the left uses against conservatives. It's wrong, it's misleading, and it allows the left to avoid having to defend their own overregulations. "What, you don't like high gas taxes? Does that mean you're against ALL taxes?" Tenchusatsu

To: Doren who wrote (1454328)	4/29/2024 7:20:13 PM
From: koan	3 Recommendations Recommended By denizen48 Doren pocotrader Respond to of 1577025

That is exactly right. As H.L Menken said: "For every complex problem, there is a simple answer, and it is usually wrong. I had two primary careers, neither of which I really wanted to do, but had people to support. One was as a social scientist and politician and planning and implementing health systems in Alaska, and the second was selling real estate. Conservatives don't understand the best societies are the ones with good rules! And the best rules are made by people who understand social science and structure e.g. the Great Max Weber. What is frustrating is that the conservatives while screwing up the social structure, do not understand what they are even doing wrong. But we can see from the successes of the Nordic countries, Baltic countries, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, and much of Europe, an educated society knows how to pick the best people to make those rules and structure. Without rules and the rule of law, we elect The Lord of the Flies-lol! Competition is the law of the jungle and cooperation is the law of civilization. Eldridge Cleaver:" Soul On Ice".