sandy1 said: Get rid of the regulations and go back to a competitive market. Things will rapidly turn around.
I was having a talk with a member about the future of 'green speed' the other day and Sandy's comment, above, reminded me of it.
Basically the member asked where does it all stop? "When do you guys say enough's enough with everything you have to go through to get greens like this?" I thought it was a great question and my response went like this:
[quote">It's going to take a generational shift, or a dying-off, if you will, from the the type of thinking that blindly demands fast green speed. Green speed issues are, for now, a generational problem. We're still dealing with players, and will be for the next 50 years, that think they need something they've been erroneously told they need.
When we finally have a generation in place that hasn't grown up with the expectation of 'speed', when they can see the sustainability issues with it and have stopped tying worth to it, then we'll see a turn to truly responsible care driven by need instead of subjective perception.
Sandy's views, and others like his, think human nature is fundamentally good enough to trust without regulation. "It will regulate itself" they hope. They are willing to rely on the goodwill of strangers for things like your life savings and how baby toys are made. "They'll do the right thing".
And when they don't, who deals with the problem? Who cleans up the financial disasters that are left? Who cleans up the waterways after them? Who pays for the doctor's bills from the illness caused by such benevolent and honest companies? Surely they'll help us with those costs since they were responsible for it...right? Sandy?
And the argument that since humans
are fallible, then they shouldn't be allowed to regulate/govern either, is a red herring. We know the history of our species better than ever. We, when left to our own devices have a history of being greedy and constantly faulty, if not murderous and traitorous when dealing with money and power. Always have, always will be. Self-preservation is our only constant, like any species.
It's no wonder why we had to develop religion...needed some rules. Needed help to guide us because we're too corrupt to do it on our own. And you want to do away with regulations? Sky's the limit, Sandy?
You're like the member(s) I have who watch the US Open, then come out and can't understand why I can't do the same thing everyday. Their thinking is broken.
Regulations -- rules -- laws...religious or governmental - gotta have them. Unfortunately we can't vote on religious laws. But otherwise yeah, we need to ensure we're protected from our own good intentions, from ourselves.
tldr; [size=85">(acronym clarification for pale: Too Long Didn't Read)[/size">
"Growth" = "Green Speed" -- eventually enough of us will die off and the new brain trust will support something sustainable that makes sense.