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		fallingknife on Dec 31, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NY Sabotages Right to Repair Bill [video] The problem is that while corporations are in fact ruthless profit maximizers, government officials are ruthless power maximizers. So not sure how to manage the interaction between them. The goal should be to keep them fighting, though.

college_physics on Dec 31, 2022 [–]

> The goal should be to keep them fighting, though.

Yep. Perversely, various pathologies are actually entrenched because "fighting" is avoided via all sorts of collusion, cartels, revolving doors etc.

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