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No One Knows What Regulatory Capture Means

...but It’s Provocative

Sep 02, 2026
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“Regulatory capture” is a habitual hand-wave used by tech advocates to dismiss AI regulatory arguments. A Tourettic outburst of facile policy analysis. Without actually saying how, it’s a catch-all to claim:

big companies → regulation → big companies win

What regulation? Which companies? (Apparently it’s a secret)

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