One thing that people in business generally don’t like to hear is the word regulation. From the point of view of anyone that has a really vested stake in a particular business
, regulation is probably unnecessary hassle that causes the business to have to spend more money which in some cases can push otherwise profitable businesses into the red. From the point of view of the average person on the street, regulation is probably necessary on the part of the government in order to keep the private sector in check.
Regardless of which view a particular person holds on the matter, one thing that seems to be interesting is the fact that a person divorces their view of offline business from their view on online business.
For example, if you speak to a conservative in the United States, chances are that they will support gun rights, support their view of the free market and support social conservative viewpoints as well. Even though one of these requires a strong central government and one requires a weak one, in the offline world it is intellectually possible to justify this duality. However, when those same people come into the online world and start wanting to regulate websites that they don’t agree with, those two ideologies really come to a head. And the reverse is true for someone that would be considered a liberal in regards to their view of online websites versus offline free enterprise.
It’s an interesting duality that people seem to have when considering regulation in the online and offline worlds and it is one that is hard to pick up without specifically looking for it in the first place.
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