[pmoriarty]

The US had a "free market" in the age of the robber barrons[1] and before the creation of the FDA, where companies did what they wanted and "let the market decide".

It was a nightmare.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robber_baron_(industrialist)

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

Right. These government bodies didn't appear overnight. They were created for a reason.

[bserge]

Sounds like early industrial/Victorian era Britain.