re: TX water company says brown water is "good water"

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Sure, use utilities, one of the most heavily regulated areas of the economy, to take a swipe at libertarians/deregulation. Makes perfect sense

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Joe Rogan had Dave Rubin on his podcast the other day and there was a magnificent exchange that illustrates what I’m talking about perfectly. Dave was going on and on about regulations and Joe mentioned he had spent a lot of time in the construction industry and how important those regulations were to protect the consumer who isn’t trained to know what to look for when buying a house (and would be unreasonable to expect them to). Dave stammered and tried to respond but had to concede the point at least on construction.

The thing is there are all sorts of areas where regulation is equally as important that Right Libertarianism (which has co-opted the American Libertarian party) ignores out of idealism and unfettered trust in buisness. The naivety is astounding.

This is NOT to say regulation is always a good thing or that regular reforms aren’t important, just that Libertarians in this country speak in platitudes without having much understanding (or care) as to why many regulations exist in the first place.