Comments by "" (@walperstyle) on "This is why we can't have nice things" video.

False. Government regulation will kill markets, and people will go back to heating with oil and heating homes by burning wood. Regulations increase costs, cause monopolies to form, and create stagnation. I'd rather buy an unsafe 100 year lasting light bulb than a 'safe' one that is owned by a monopoly.
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The dangerous thing about the right to repair is it also increase cost to corporations....now, sure that sounds good, but what small time company is going to be able to afford that if they are just getting started? This regulation is affordable to big corporation, and can remove the rungs of a ladder keeping you or I to even enter the marketplace, even if we have a better idea. Be careful with regulations, they have unintended consequences. I'd rather have the option to buy a dangerous 100+ year old capable light-bulb with no safety stamps than to buy a cheaper one that lasts 15 years from a cartel that put my friends business ...out of business.
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@freescape08 what is the subjective nature of 'qualifications'? A government regulatory body? If so, then the regulatory body could be bought by corporations/unions/non profits to push an agenda. This makes it so only a select few repair shops exist, and makes it impossible for competition, or cheaper parts. The problem with this video is it doesn't go into the economics enough, there is falloff on either side of government regulation that isn't talked about. Zero regulation is bad, but so is too much. For example: The Nuclear industry. NASA has some amazing tech at their disposal. Small decentralized safe 4th gen and 5th gen reactors, Nuclear batteries, etc. We don't. I'm not saying we need to allow people to build nuclear reactors in their home, but we do need to allow mom and pop tech companies the ability to innovate where other large bodies have become stagnant.
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@JeffSmith03 we all talk about science, but fail to actually take part in it, and fail to notice when policy is being bought and sold. I'm not against regulation, but I hope that some day regulations have an expiry like patent laws. It is good to have a shuffle in industry to allow change and avoid stagnation.
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@JeffSmith03 Look at the pencil. In an unregulated market where no politician is looking, a simple device made from materials all over the world is created and costs only pennies. I dare you, try to make a pencil with materials only sourced in your country.
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@thefunkosaurus YESSSSSSS
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@TuriGamer you've never made a light-bulb before? I made one at a science fair in grade 6, back in the 90's.
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@bulgna Auto industry, aerospace, military industrial complex. The monopolies are regional, country based, or even adapted around partnerships between glorious government overlords.
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