Why renewable energy won't work.

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@mrstickball:

And I agree that corporations shouldn't lobby. There shouldn't be a government that can legislate changes to benefit one company and hurt another.

It's not just laws that benefit one company over another, but laws that benefit companies over consumers as well. Where do you think all of the anti-litigious propaganda comes from? Big corporations, who spread misinformation in order to cheat consumers out of their rights. They actually fool consumers into lobbying their own rights away.

Define 'whatever it wants'. My belief is that government should exist to ensure that no person is forcing someone to do something against their will. That would mean that a company could never force someone into doing, living, or saying something against their will. Again, you can look at countries that have had systemic, heavy regulatory structures over many years and find that they are not the most beneficial for business. I have never said no regulations are needed - but we need to maintain the minimum standard to ensure that businesses can compete against eachother, and contracts can be enforced.

If the company ends up being the only one on the market (as is the dream of most capitalist business owners), they'll essentially be able to do whatever they want within an unregulated market (not to mention tha the lack of competition will lead to poor quality products at higher prices). The only way to maintain competition is to have a regulated market, else at one point you'll have companies eliminating their competition based on their resources (buying them out, having huge advertising campaigns that eclipse the competition), not on the quality of their products/services.

It is an illusion of the socialist system as well. There will never be a level playing field. I believe, though, that the most level playing field comes from free markets - and the data will prove that. It is why a generally free state such as my own can have half the number of people in it as yours, with a similar geography, and produce far more goods, services, technology and products than yours and other socialist comparables. Likewise, it also shows why even more free nations with far less resources have done even better, such as New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore.

You are aware that there's no socialism in Romania, no? Socialism, and the whole left wing for that manner, has pretty much disappeared from Romania since the fall of the Communist regime (doesn't surprise me., as Romanian's have been typically supporters of right wing conservative ideals, and were more sympathetic to the Nazis rather than the Communists).  Everything's been privatized. I'm not sure there are any significant regulations to the market. Laws meant to protect the consumer are useless. Health care isn't free etc.

Of the countries you mentione, I'm quite sure New Zealand is much more socialist than Romania is. Plus, deregulation didn't reallz helo Iceland, no?

Also, I had no ideea that the US has half the population of Romania.