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It's a double-whammy that defines 21st century US life: a company is caught doing something exploitative or even murderous and a government agency steps in - but there's nothing it can do, because Reagan/Trump/Clinton/Bush I/II stripped the agency of enforcement powers.

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Man, that feels *awful*. The idea that extremists gutted our democratically accountable institutions so that there's *nothing* they can do, no matter how egregious a corporation's conduct is so demoralizing. Makes me feel like giving up.

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