I am certain that the majority of ‘licensing’ and certifications required are strictly about control. A true pay $$$$$ to play schemes, and keeping out competition and ‘undesirables’ (of those ‘in charge’). Really just two things - Money and Control.
Having a license doesn’t stop or slow accidents. I work in a hospital - trust me. No, I wouldn’t want a ‘doctor’ that wasn’t licensed to operate on me. Heck, I don’t want the ones that ARE licensed to operate on me either!!!
But to require a license or certification for things we didn’t need them for in previous generations is a way to keep people down.
If someone in networking wanted to work in database because hey, they were really good at it. Guess what - new certification needed. If someone who was good at medical records and had years of experience coding medical records wanted to code records now because it paid more - get a new certification! If you are certified to work on databases and PCs but have also worked in networking for years and a job came up - get a new certification.
The person that cuts my hair only needs to be good. The person who works on car only needs to be good at what they do. That should be MY CHOICE who I want to pay for a service.
Now don’t talk to me like a liberal and say that means I don’t believe in NO licensing. But I have to say, very, very little should be done. And if I think hard about it, I would lean far more towards no licensing with mandated ‘full disclosure’ rather than the Statist Control Nazis.
I mean, it is NOT LIKE THEY TAKE AWAY MEDICAL OR LAW LICENSES hardly now to those who have wronged others. It is ALL about money and control - period.
Excellent post.