[ceejayoz]

Every aspect of the social safety net in the developed world?

Political power shifts happen all the time in democratic republics as the populace gets fed up with the party/parties in power.

[scarface74]

What social safety net? You mean like universal healthcare? Paid parental leave? Decent unemployment benefits?

[cercatrova]

8 hour work days, no child labor, Social Security, FDA. Look at anything that came out of the Great Depression and New Deal. Things would be a lot worse if governments ceded all power to corporations, which they basically did in the Gilded Age. To be clear, I also want what you wrote, healthcare, benefits, and parental leave, among others, but those only come about through strong governments.

[ceejayoz]

Are you under the impression the USA is the only country in the “developed world”?

[scarface74]

Well seeing that that the title of the submission is “US judge blocks Twitter’s bid..”, I think it’s fair to discuss the US government.....

[ceejayoz]

Re-read the thread you’re commenting on.

[scarface74]

Seeing that I started the “thread I am commenting on” and specifically asked is this the same government that should be regulating tech....

[ceejayoz]

The whole thread, not just the first comment.

> "all large organizations", "democratic republics", "the developed world"

Someone else also pointed out (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22909123) that even the US has plenty of "safety net" policies, despite some glaring holes in it.