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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

And then you realize far too late that stuff like this is strictly regulated and you forgot to comply with all the standards for product safety and hygiene and the state is going to rip your ass so far open that a truck can make a u-turn it it.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just do it in a red state and buy favor with the governor.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's expensive. My governor is an alfalfa farmer in a desert state where alfalfa is ~1% of GDP and >50% of water use, or something like that. He's already a grifter, so getting my own grift approved is going to be expensive.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just gotta cut him in on a share of the profits. He’ll be your best friend in that case!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Peter Thiel's "Zero to One" teaches that the best business is an iron-fisted monopoly.

Far from cutting you in, the governor is more likely to break your kneecaps and burn down your nascent storefront.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Peter Thiel may have been successful in business but he’s no economist. For a government official like the governor, there’s way more wealth to be gained by encouraging competition than suppressing it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

there’s way more wealth to be gained by encouraging competition

But governors aren't in it for simple numerical wealth. They're in it for power.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The governor of California is way more powerful than the governor of Wyoming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Congressman Dick Cheney had significantly more clout than anyone in the California delegation.

There's a reason Harris doesn't the last weeks of her campaign with Liz Cheney rather than Christine Pelosi.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

not anymore, how long until all that is doged out and we’re back to the jungle