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Re:SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrate... by krapp on Thursday October 09, 2025 @07:02AM (#45525998)
We tried laissez-faire unregulated markets in the 1920s and it didn't go well for anyone but the robber barons.

Maybe you expect to be one of them, but you'll probably just end up in the soup lines with everyone else.

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Re:SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrate... by instig007 on Thursday October 09, 2025 @11:30AM (#45529098)
> We tried laissez-faire unregulated markets in the 1920s and it didn't go well for anyone but the robber barons.

yes, let's keep creating too-big-to-fails instead and reward them with bailouts for their mismanagement and borderline criminal misconduct.

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Re:SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrate... by krapp on Thursday October 09, 2025 @12:23PM (#45529854)
>yes, let's keep creating too-big-to-fails instead and reward them with bailouts for their mismanagement and borderline criminal misconduct.

Or maybe we live in a world where nuance exists and there are there are more options on the table than anarchy and oligarchy?

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