Comment by Dumblydorr
3 months ago
Regulation is a nebulous term, dozens of posts about it in here and no one defined regulation, nevermind agreed on a definition of regulation.
On one side, It’s a useful buzz word for libertarians to attack, saying these prevent companies doing anything they want constantly, which Libs believe would help the world.
Meanwhile it seems less ideological comments see shades of effectiveness in good vs bad regulations. There’s also shades of law vs regulation, enforcement laxity, hidden purposes behind regs supposed reasons, etc.
It’s a tangled web and HN loves debating regulations more than almost anything!
One regulation definition is the international building code. Due to this regulation houses cost more than twice as much to build.
Thus we get more homeless people, which creates more bureaucracy trying to solve the homeless problem created by the housing bureaucracy.