Re:US Senate report on Equifax breach [pdf]
by allthecybers on Saturday June 22, 2019 @02:28PM
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I think this is the tension for me in trying to embrace a fully libertarian mindset. When companies in their blind allegiance to producing shareholder value and conducting profitable free enterprise perpetuate harm upon consumers, what does the free market do with that?
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Re:US Senate report on Equifax breach [pdf]
by rectang on Saturday June 22, 2019 @02:48PM
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For me, the sweet spot lies in acknowledging that both market failure and regulatory overreach are harmful. Unregulated markets lead to a Hobbesian world dominated by a succession of monopolies, just like markets controlled through central planning.
Markets with true competition can only be sustained through continuing struggle, because companies hate competition and constantly innovate new ways to capture the regulators.
The best we can do is regulators who retain their humility and exercise a light touch.
Re:US Senate report on Equifax breach [pdf]
by gwright on Saturday June 22, 2019 @03:24PM
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The devil is in the details, but if there is an agreement about what defines "harm", then the libertarian remedy would be civil or criminal liability for that harm.
And who enforces that civil or criminal liability?
Huh? That is just the standard role of the criminal and civil justice systems. Nothing new there.
Re:US Senate report on Equifax breach [pdf]
by ionised on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @04:04AM
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I was taking a jab at fundamentalist libertarians that think no government is somehow a solution.
Re:US Senate report on Equifax breach [pdf]
by noob_slayer on Saturday June 22, 2019 @03:13PM
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Any business transacting in dollars is not going to be a free enterprise in a free market.