ManusJustus said:
You sir, have no idea of how economics work :) In your argument that consumers will not purchase goods and services from shady businesses, you make the huge and incorrect assumption that information is transparent and easily attainable by consumers, and even then that the consumers can accurately analyze that information. The only way that companies will be legitimate and transparent in their operations is through government regulation, and the only way that consumers can be properly informed of information (be it on levels of scale or complexity) is through government regulation. Ironically, by simply using the word 'legit' to describe a business you infer that there already government control. |
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