You don't need to be fair to incumbent manufacturers. They're the incumbents, they already have a bajillion advantages.
Aren't the incumbent manufacturers the ones who lobbied for those dealership laws in the first place, to raise the bar for entry into the market place? (And if not, haven't they had year with piles of cash beyond our wildest dreams to buy off legislators and get the law changed?)
I am perfectly happy to have the federal government give out loans to startups to disrupt stagnent industries. Can you imagine how our ISP industry would be doing if, instead of passing laws which make it impossible to disrupt, the US government was occasionally throwing half a billion at people who wanted to try? Granted, Elon Musk wasn't exactly at the 'rags' phase of a rags-to-riches story when he got his loan...
No, if you study the automotive industry, you'll see that those car manufacturers have been trying to get around those dealers by building their own dealerships (which are quickly shut) or selling their cars online (which again are prevented). They're not lobbying for dealerships in countries where you can sell cars directly to the consumer. Take Brazil or Germany for instance.
Aren't the incumbent manufacturers the ones who lobbied for those dealership laws in the first place, to raise the bar for entry into the market place? (And if not, haven't they had year with piles of cash beyond our wildest dreams to buy off legislators and get the law changed?)
I am perfectly happy to have the federal government give out loans to startups to disrupt stagnent industries. Can you imagine how our ISP industry would be doing if, instead of passing laws which make it impossible to disrupt, the US government was occasionally throwing half a billion at people who wanted to try? Granted, Elon Musk wasn't exactly at the 'rags' phase of a rags-to-riches story when he got his loan...