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Re:How Zillow's homebuying scheme lost $881M by mupuff1234 on Saturday March 19, 2022 @05:41AM (#30732442)
I disagree it has been an utter failure, first exmaple that comes to mind is lack of affordable health care in US compared to most western countries, and other less "controversial" examples: child labor and minimum age for marriage.

And no I'm not advocating for anything based on my own personal feelings, but if something is deemed as harmful to society, yes perhaps we need to pass legislation to minimize it.

But also all laws in some way or other are based on morals - who decided that stealing is wrong? Why isn't it just fair use of "free market" of force?

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Re:How Zillow's homebuying scheme lost $881M by MisterMower on Sunday March 20, 2022 @01:11AM (#30740332)
Did the law actually fix those issues, or did the electorate's views on those things change, and then the law was changed to reflect that? In a democracy, laws only get passed when you have a majority of lawmakers on board, which is generally a good proxy for the electorate's views on issues. The causation is not at all clear to me.
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