Re: Class in Europe and America

On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:35:06 -0700, Lars Poulsen wrote:

> Also, US law - or at least its implementation - has been distorted
> to where "business friendly" is understood as "big business
> friendly" to the detriment of small businesses.

The USians have this fond belief that “free” must mean “no
regulation”. They have difficulty understanding that a free,
competitive market can only remain free with careful regulation. That
means the regulator must have the power to stand up to big businesses
that might try to intimidate it into allowing them to continue their
abuses.

Of course, a regulator can only be trusted with such power if it is
seen to be politically independent. In the US, everything is
politicized, so there is no chance of this.