[inigyou]

You basically can't trust anything in capitalism. You have to verify. Almost every market is now a market for lemons.

[brookst]

What system allows you to blindly trust things?

[inigyou]

Systems with extensive consumer regulations.

[Cytobit]

Until regulatory capture kicks in. Bad actors will always exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

[inigyou]

And then it's no longer a system with extensive consumer protection regulations.

[ndsipa_pomu]

And real consequences for breaking the law