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  • @Metz
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    6 hours ago

    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]
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        115 hours ago

        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.

        • @chonglibloodsport
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          44 hours ago

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

          • @UnderpantsWeevil
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            34 hours ago

            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.

            • @chonglibloodsport
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              33 hours ago

              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.

              • @UnderpantsWeevil
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                12 hours ago

                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.

                • @chonglibloodsport
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                  12 hours ago

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