Comment by cbmuser
13 hours ago
»If some businesses get killed in the process, so be it.«
The problem with this attitude is that the rest of the world often doesn’t have these strict regulations and as result, businesses aren’t killed but just leaving the country.
... Wait, are you suggesting that no-one will want to sell clothes in Europe? Like, this regulation pretty much entirely impacts companies who sell clothes to consumers.
And as a result you get monopolies like TooBigTech and you can't compete anyway.
If a business can't be profitable while treating employees, customers, and the environment well, then it going out of business or leaving is not a loss.
Is that a justification for resuming slavery, child labour and dumping chemicals in our rivers?
Pretty sure you can oppose slavery and support what GP said without significant cognitive dissonance
Not really. It's a race to the bottom.
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