[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Darth Powell [@VladTheInflator](/creator/twitter/VladTheInflator) on x 95.9K followers Created: 2025-07-22 01:27:15 UTC What you want is more profits based on higher risk and then taxpayer bailouts. Socialism risk Privatize profits Despite the rhetoric about "modernization" and "Main Street," the core message is: Lower capital requirements = banks can lend more, take more risk, and earn higher profits. Framing current regulations as “outdated,” “burdensome,” or “reactionary” is a classic justification for deregulation. The rejection of the "dual-requirement" capital rule is essentially a push to avoid the stricter of two capital constraints. Also, saying excessive capitalization "reduces lending and distorts market structure" implies they believe regulations are impeding profit-maximizing activity, not necessarily that they're making the system safer. While the speech claims this isn’t “regulatory weakening,” in substance, reducing capital buffers and loosening rules means banks have more freedom to take risk with less cushion if something goes wrong. XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [main street](/topic/main-street) [powell](/topic/powell) [Post Link](https://x.com/VladTheInflator/status/1947468449317580971)
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Darth Powell @VladTheInflator on x 95.9K followers
Created: 2025-07-22 01:27:15 UTC
What you want is more profits based on higher risk and then taxpayer bailouts.
Socialism risk Privatize profits
Despite the rhetoric about "modernization" and "Main Street," the core message is:
Lower capital requirements = banks can lend more, take more risk, and earn higher profits.
Framing current regulations as “outdated,” “burdensome,” or “reactionary” is a classic justification for deregulation.
The rejection of the "dual-requirement" capital rule is essentially a push to avoid the stricter of two capital constraints.
Also, saying excessive capitalization "reduces lending and distorts market structure" implies they believe regulations are impeding profit-maximizing activity, not necessarily that they're making the system safer.
While the speech claims this isn’t “regulatory weakening,” in substance, reducing capital buffers and loosening rules means banks have more freedom to take risk with less cushion if something goes wrong.
XXXXX engagements
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