[plain talk]

Can’t blame it on the government. They did not need to be told that there should be enough lifeboats for everyone on board.

[Timpanagos1]

“Can’t blame it on the government. They did not need to be told that there should be enough lifeboats for everyone on board.”

Exactly.

And there is no reason to believe that if there were no regulations the shipbuilder and White Star would have provided enough lifeboats.