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Topic: Libertarians are idiots

Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #119,338

No regulations whatsoever! Let's go eat at the restaurant with no food safety regulations! Should go well!

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 15 minutes later[^] [v] #1,308,673

No worries! The free market shall ensure that only the safest and highest quality restaurants stay in business!

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 10 minutes later, 26 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,674

@previous (B)
The free market has been so reliable thus far. I see no problem!

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 5 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,675

Health inspectors are easy to circumvent anyway, the government spends a lot without doing a good job checking those restaurants.

If a place makes people sick, it will lose business.

Someone who gets really sick can sue, libertarianism still allows for plaintiffs to punish dangerous businesses and recoup costs from the damage.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 34 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,676

@previous (C)
You have no idea. As a former restaurant person who has worked every single position in a restaurant, I can assure you that, not only do many kitchens do literally deadly things, but food inspectors provide valuable work that changes kitchens for the better. Second, many restaurant have caused illness nd are still wildly popular.

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 27 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,680

@previous (A)
I worked in fine dining and we knew when the inspector would come. Management told us exactly the hours they could possibly arrive, and once they made a visit there was a guaranteed number of days before they could come back.

Yes, restaurants have caused illness and people come back, but that's under the regulated system we have now. Apparently it doesn't work.

Libertarianism still allows those restaurants to be punished, it just doesn't waste money on inspectors that are mostly there for theater.

boof joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 45 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,681

there's a saying that regulations are written in blood

that is to say, we tend to wait for disaster before making an effort to preventing it

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,682

@1,308,675 (C)

> If a place makes people sick, it will lose business.

Great, but how about we try to prevent people getting sick?

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,683

@previous (E)
Businesses will do that to keep customers coming back, and to avoid being sued.

Those two reasons will do the job. Adding security theater won't.

Anonymous E replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,686

@previous (C)

Many people can become sickened before that happens, and a lawsuit after the fact doesn't make the situation okay for the sick person, especially if someone died.

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,687

@previous (E)

> Many people can become sickened before that happens

That's true of the system we have now. Health inspectors have not eliminated this problem.

Why does it only count when it happens under a libertarian system, but it's shrugged off under a nanny state?


> a lawsuit after the fact doesn't make the situation okay for the sick person, especially if someone died.

Compensation can cover medical bills.

The point is that businesses will avoid it in the first place because no one wants to pay thousands of dollars when they can just keep a clean kitchen.

Incentivizing safety does help people from getting sick to begin with.

Anonymous E replied with this 1 year ago, 4 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,692

@previous (C)

In fact, many businesses have been sanctioned or closed for unhygienic operations before a death or serious injury occurs.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 2 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,702

@1,308,675 (C)

> Health inspectors are easy to circumvent anyway, the government spends a lot without doing a good job checking those restaurants.
>
> If a place makes people sick, it will lose business.
>
> Someone who gets really sick can sue, libertarianism still allows for plaintiffs to punish dangerous businesses and recoup costs from the damage.

Drinking bleach makes people sick yet the free market did nothing to prevent it

Anonymous F double-posted this 1 year ago, 55 seconds later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,703

@1,308,687 (C)

> > Many people can become sickened before that happens
>
> That's true of the system we have now. Health inspectors have not eliminated this problem.
>
> Why does it only count when it happens under a libertarian system, but it's shrugged off under a nanny state?
>
>
> > a lawsuit after the fact doesn't make the situation okay for the sick person, especially if someone died.
>
> Compensation can cover medical bills.
>
> The point is that businesses will avoid it in the first place because no one wants to pay thousands of dollars when they can just keep a clean kitchen.
>
> Incentivizing safety does help people from getting sick to begin with.

If you believe any of this shit you are truly retarded

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 7 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,704

I don't like this whole 1984 / Blade Runner / Matrix timeline we're on now - Libertarians don't either. I'd side with them before I'd side with Democrats (totally on board with surveillance state for 'the children') or Republicans (also on board with surveillance state under the guise of 'terror' or national security).

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 5 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,705

@OP

> No regulations whatsoever! Let's go eat at the restaurant with no food safety regulations! Should go well!

Works great in China. Case in point reclaimed oil from sewers.

Anonymous G replied with this 1 year ago, 13 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,707

@previous (H)
Damn that's nasty, had to look that up and wish I didn't. The numbers show it's profitable.

Anonymous F replied with this 1 year ago, 3 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,708

@1,308,704 (G)

> I don't like this whole 1984 / Blade Runner / Matrix timeline we're on now - Libertarians don't either. I'd side with them before I'd side with Democrats (totally on board with surveillance state for 'the children') or Republicans (also on board with surveillance state under the guise of 'terror' or national security).

Ah yes, please tell me more about how little you understand about the world around you

Anonymous H replied with this 1 year ago, 7 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,709

@1,308,707 (G)

> Damn that's nasty, had to look that up and wish I didn't. The numbers show it's profitable.

Alas a despicable user of MC bragged about how flavorful the food was when cooked in that oil.

boof replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,714

@1,308,683 (C)
no, that's a foolish way to do things. there's a saying about closing the barn door after the horses have fled.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 31 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,716

@1,308,709 (H)
Shut up Lynne lol aren’t you dead yet?

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 4 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,744

@1,308,702 (F)
The government will never be big enough to stop people from stupidly hurting themselves.

(Edited 2 minutes later.)

Anonymous C double-posted this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,746

@1,308,714 (boof)
They have every reason to be safe before anything bad happens.

Scheduling an inspection they know is coming doesn't fix it. An inspector won't know what dates are changed in the walk-in. Staff will hide the big violations if the inspector is due any day.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 19 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,750

@1,308,716 (A)
Lynne will live longer than you Matt.

boof replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,754

@1,308,746 (C)
human nature is not necessarily governed by reason. requiring civil courts as an after-the-fact enforcement attempt is not good enough. we can always do better under any system, but not even a bit of third-party preventative is pathetically inadequate

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 33 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,767

@previous (boof)

> human nature is not necessarily governed by reason.

It would be if we let irrational people have the freedom to make mistakes. Building a padded world is what enables idiots to exist.

> requiring civil courts as an after-the-fact enforcement attempt is not good enough. we can always do better under any system, but not even a bit of third-party preventative is pathetically inadequate

Theoretically this could work, but ineffective inspectors that are easy to avoid doesn't achieve this. It's an expensive security theater.

Do you think the TSA does it's job? Criticism of the TSA doesn't equate to a belief that people should be free to do whatever they want on airplanes.

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 5 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,784

@previous (C)
I'm free to do whatever I want on airplanes. Are you not, Comrade?

Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 7 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,308,785

@previous (J)
They wont let me take my drink aboard.
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