The video discusses Operation Chokepoint and its attainable resurgence within the type of Operation Chokepoint 2.0, which targets the crypto business. The speaker, Tom Hogan, explains how authorities regulators have been pressuring banks to not lend to politically unpopular industries, equivalent to firearms, payday lenders, and crypto firms, though there are not any legal guidelines in opposition to lending to them. He additionally notes that the regulators’ energy has elevated over time, with unelected bureaucrats making and implementing rules that circumvent the democratic course of. The present aggressive stance of regulators could also be because of the appointment of extra aggressive leaders by the Democrats and the shortcoming to move legal guidelines by the legislative course of. The speaker additionally attracts parallels between Operation Chokepoint and the New Deal’s creation of regulatory companies.

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