[holmesworcester]

Yes, this!

It is extremely rare for companies or their senior staff to beg for regulation this far in advance of any big push by legislators or the public.

The interpretation that this is some 3-D chess on the companies' part is a huge violation of Occam's Razor.

[carapace]

Ockham's Razor doesn't apply in adversarial situations.

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I think the primary risk these folks are worried about is loss of control. And in turn, that's because they're all people for whom the system has more-or-less worked.

Poor people are worried the risk that the rich will keep the economic windfall to themselves and not share it.