Eugine_Nier comments on [Link] Why don't people like markets? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 23 June 2012 03:34:42AM *  2 points [-]

I think a large part of the problem is that people tend to identify with their governments and thus overestimate how much government regulators will act in their interests.

Comment author: Desrtopa 23 June 2012 03:05:35PM 1 point [-]

On the other hand, I think many people focus only on poorly performing regulation and thus underestimate how much government regulators act in their interests.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 24 June 2012 03:32:30AM 1 point [-]

You could say the same thing about the free market.

Comment author: Desrtopa 24 June 2012 04:51:53AM 1 point [-]

I could and would. People tend to both excessively lionize and vilify both depending on which affective death spiral their position on that political axis puts them closer to.