Stop Regulating Games: Why “Consumer Protection” Legislation Only Hurts Consumers

Yesterday, I wrote this essay regarding the Stop Killing Games petition. I had seen not only a lot of statists claim that this was a must for this petition to reach the EU congress, but I had even seen a lot of would-be libertarians trying to excuse themselves by supporting it and saying “not all libertarians are the same”.

I ended up spending 5 hours redacting that 6500-word essay in which I apply a mixture of Public Choice Theory and Austrian Economics, use some game theory reasoning, and provide a list of examples of why “consumer protection” laws such as SKG will be more likely to hurt consumers than help them, and about how voting with your wallet is a far better way to tell companies that their business practices are bad.

This is the second essay I write, so any feedback would be appreciated.