(Ancaps & Libertarians) Why Assume the Best of Capitalists?
There's a general assumption among liibertarians and ancaps where they assume people only get government jobs or run for election for bad reasons. They want power and influence or something.
But, doesn't this just apply to private firms? To an even greater extent?
The only aim.of a business is to make money. People have no incentive to act in a moral or upstanding way while in charge of a firm. In fact quite the opposite. Whatever keeps the money flowing. Which is why companies have a long, continuing tradition of breaking the law. Constantly.
Why tell the full truth about a product when you can just get creative? Hell, this is expected. Why pay for uniforms if you can just get employees to do it? Why fully maintain H&S standards, nobody will say anything. Why make a better product when you can just make the same thing but cheaper and shitter?
This sort of behaviour isn't just common but encouraged. Why should we expect anything but terrible behaviour from capitalists? Based on this, why would removing restrictions from them ever be a good idea? If companies already do the bare minimum, they're just going to do less if you let them.