points by pimlottc 17 hours ago | 0 comments
Note that the author specified a regulatory agency, not a law. Laws are great, but they need strong and vigilant agents to enforce them.
[–] wahern 17 hours ago
[–] dcrazy 15 hours ago
The Sherman Antitrust Act specifically provides individuals harmed by a monopoly a cause of action to sue in federal court.
[–] grafmax 12 hours ago
Megacorps have endless budgets for this sort of thing. The deck is heavily stacked. What's to gain by pretending it ain't so?
Doing so can prevent regulatory capture and shelter enforcement from the vicissitudes of politics. It also doesn't require maintaining a government workforce. OTOH, you have to be careful what you ask for. Unless a law is very narrowly tailored then ubiquitous enforcement can have it's own problems, e.g. CEQA.