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Interesting theory - can you explain why, then, that the most regulated economies ever, such as the former Soviet Union or former East Germany, were the most polluted? Interference in the free market causes chaos, such as our current economy and the direction things are going now, unfortunately.

Your easy start up example is interesting too, as if there were more regulation, you would have to work through layers and layers of red tape and fees and lawyers to start a company etc which simply reinforces my point. If you were to add 50K+ to the costs of starting a software company due to regulation and fees, the innovation landscape would change dramatically as would the companies we have today.



Gosh, I wonder if being ruled by a mass murderer dictator might have been a factor?




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