Leveraged buyout, cutting yourself a huge check, folding the company and walking away.
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MlM's. They're predatory.
while I generally agree with you, lots of things that are legal could be called predatory and people don't seem to have a problem with them, but somehow MLM crosses the line.
Everyone has a different definition of what is acceptable and I don't think there is enough of a majority consensus one way or the other to do something about it.
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"illegal" is overrated, anyway. Trump did a ton of illegal stuff and yet, here we are.
It's really hard to take the "law" seriously when we constantly see rich people getting away with violating it.
Stock trading.
I am fine with companies issuing stock and with people selling that stock back to the company. Everything else should be illegal.
Why wouldn't companies just set themselves up as the exchanges in that scenario?
I don't think it would functionally change anything
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Social media.
Billionaires. Nobody ever needs that much wealth. Resources better used elsewhere for the public good.
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For-profit healthcare.
For-profit insurance too.
Not sure Rick when one can insure a hole in one is just a business decision.
But I get it health housing and catastrophic losses could be better monitored and regulated.
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Possibly controversial but prostitution. Allows for regulation and workplace safety. Would probably calm a lot of men down as well and help them focus on the more important aspects of getting into a relationship.
Edit: misread the title and thought it said "legal".
there is in fact only regulation as long as it is legal. how do you regulate if it is illegal? it only gets hidden then. and literally everywhere it went bad when it became illegal. everything you claim to want to achieve (regulation and workplace security) is completely lost and things get worse, more victims, less control, violence cannot be prosecuted cause none would go to police when anything happens, etc etc. , that is until it becomes legal again, but until then making it illegal even short time would cause way more damage than is possible to "fix" in a decade or two. just read about what happened where govs already took that path. if you want it to get out of control and destroy health and lifes, and create ground for forced prostitution (aka slavery), then yes, making it illegal is the way you get exactly that result.
and for the relationship thing... as far as i know (which is not much) the mayority of such customers already are in a relationship (mostly the one called marriage) while singles way less do such.
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Did I understand correctly are you saying prostitution should be illegal? If so what do you mean with regulation and workplace safety?
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