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1. Ah they want regulation for private property and financial institutions. Just not

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Fri Sep 13, 2013, 03:12 PM

Sep 2013

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when the regulations do not directly benefit them (by financial regulations I mean regulations that protect the ownership of wealth). They use Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian fruit seller who was harassed by the police for bribes and killed himself starting the arab spring uprisings, as an example of regulations hurting people. Fact is those police in Tunisia needed to be regulated to not ask for bribes and those regulations needed to be enforced. Tunisia needed more regulation not less.

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Right-wingers want no government regulations! [View all] Archae Sep 2013 OP

Ah they want regulation for private property and financial institutions. Just not applegrove Sep 2013 #1

Actally, the right-wing only wants regulations on... Archae Sep 2013 #2

And gay people ... Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #3

...to apply to them. FiveGoodMen Sep 2013 #4

.... to police them. They don't mind banking regulations that protect wealth. Just not the banking applegrove Sep 2013 #5