1/ This is called “agency capture.” The FAA was all cozy with Boeing, leading to lax oversight that resulted in the Boeing Max disasters. It happens all across govt - particularly with this administration. google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com…

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2/ For a greater understanding of how agencies created to have oversight over corporations have become in many ways mere advocates for those corporations, read Michael Lewis’s “The Fifth Risk.” thriftbooks.com/w/the-fifth-…
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It's called Neoliberalism.
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No it’s not, actually. Both parties have allowed it but Trump has taken it to a critically dangerous level.
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Watch "The Bleeding Edge" on Netflix. The FDA has also been bought off by pharmaceutical and DME companies, which is also terrifying.
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Exactly. It’s the exact same thing, spread all over government.
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Did Boeing really say in response “change is hard”? That’s a shameful comment when you’ve knowingly hidden flaws in cahoots with the regulator. Actually change is really easy.
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“Clearly the government-somebody wasn’t regulating correctly...” Marianne Williamson
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This is a symptom ... the tip of the iceberg ... when deregulation and short term Profits become more important than the lives of American Citizens ... this is the result!
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If there was coziness, it was the Obama administration, It took its maiden flight on January 29, 2016 and gained FAA certification in March 2017. The first delivery was a MAX 8 in May 2017, to Malindo Air, with whom it commenced service on May 22, 2017.
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Merely the most recent federal agency to become “cozy” with those they were supposed to regulate.