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by HomeDeLaPot 722 days ago
“That is what our competitors do, how can we survive if we don’t as well?”

Regulation is the answer to this race to the bottom. When competing companies can't agree to give employees a break, the government can make some rules.

Also applies to other things companies can't agree to do, like spend some extra money to process their factory waste instead of polluting a river.