The end result appears to be more regulations and more limitations on trading by retail / normal people. And it appears that normal people will welcome it (give

The end result appears to be more regulations and more limitations on trading by retail / normal people. And it appears that normal people will welcome it (given the sentiment in these comments). Protect the people from economic and political scammers via regulations and censorship. After 2008 one of the "solutions" was to limit day trading to normal trading. In other words it's knee jerk bad solutions to make the problem disappear from view whilst ensuring the root cause continues as normal.