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kleinbl00  ·  1676 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The bounty of the tech industry

You can ride horses in and around Griffith Park. They are illegal everywhere else.

Customer demand is the best explanation for corporate behavior... once you account for the externalities that the corporation is allowed to pick. Customers didn't demand pollution they were helpless to stop it until the EPA. Customers didn't demand seat belts they didn't have an option until they were mandated and yes I know Ford had them as options nobody bought and that doesn't matter because safety equipment never has a lobby it wasn't until a dozen kids got killed that three-wheelers became four-wheelers it's not like the manufacturers did it of their own accord.