Whoa, no way. But but but Trump and Musk keep telling me everything's an economic paradise when contracts aren't enforceable, you have no market regulators, trade agreements don't matter, tax evasion is rampant, and the state arbitrarily deploys violence against perceived enemies.
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Ann M. Lipton
"There is a large body of economic research that shows that when the rule of law is weaker, investment tends to fall, not only in fixed investment but also in more liquid assets."
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Turning the entire US business community into basically lepers sure is a work of utter genius
"You do not own all your income before it’s taxed. This is because ownership itself has no meaning unless it can be enforced, and for that you need police, courts, lawyers, and all the other things the state provides."
https://criticallegalthinking.com/2016/04/10/taxing-citizens-hegel-right-attitude/
It’s hard to see it any other way than that this IS the USA of the 21st century