The point they were intended to make was a total lie. That's kind of our point. The left is the side attempting to move American to be more like Red China, not the right.
Perhaps in some areas, but the exact opposite is true with respect to the environment. I'm pretty sure everyone understood that those photos were narrowly focused on the environment.
I think the Dems are on balance better on environment and conservation than are the Republicans, but the video is spot-on about these regulations killing America.
The video was pure BS, a non-stop series of straw man claims and empty innuendo. It was designed to make wing-nuts feel good by reinforcing what they've been brainwashed to accept as truth. It's RNC propaganda, nothing more.
That said, regulations are certainly problematic in specific cases, and those cases should be fixed. That hardly justifies the breathless hyperbole, "these regulations are killing America". It would be just as accurate to say it's the lack of regulations (or at least the lack of enforcement) that's killing America. For every case you can cite of a bad regulation, I can offer an example of a bad non-regulation. We'll start with the Finance sector and work our way out.
I think in great measure it's because China's government-run economy is allowed unfettered access to our market - although that's a self-eliminating problem as the generation being schooled now is probably the last able to be a consumer culture. Future generations will have to toil to pay back China.
That I agree with. What does this have to do with over-regulation? The fact that China imposes almost no regulation doesn't mean we should race to the bottom to meet them ... unless you truly do want those pictures to represent America too. We set the bar higher because we recognize the need to balance greed against the best interests of the American people. China doesn't strike that balance, plus their standard of living is far lower than ours. Give them free access to our markets and they have a huge competitive advantage. The problem there is the free access, however, not that we demand our businesses be good citizens.
EDIT: If you show Chinese environmental disaster photos and claim this is the Republicans' dream, expect to be considered as either totally dishonest or totally idiotic. And I'm specifically not ruling out both.
I took the photos as sarcasm, intended to caution Republicans about being too eager to slash regulations. Regulations are mostly a good thing, even though at times they go too far or are enforced over-zealously. The solution is to fix those specific problems, not bounce around screeching about how regulations are making America fail.