Overall, to characterize this as "deregulation" is completely sloppy thinking. We are never going to get a better situation when people think sloppily like this

Overall, to characterize this as "deregulation" is completely sloppy thinking. We are never going to get a better situation when people think sloppily like this. To do so is, in practice, a moral crime. It supports maintaining the status quo through confusion. Well put. A problem with "deregulation" is that unless all regulations are being removed it's hard to tell what the new state of regulation will be. There are some regulations that offer privileges, then other regulations that constrain those privileges. Removing only the latter and calling it "deregulation" creates the impression that things will be more open or equal while doing the opposite.