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Ah my bad. I was mostly talking about people wanting govt to intervene with prices of things they're buying (employee time, hospital visit, google play store). Apologies, english isn't my first language.

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FWIW I think the meaning is clear — "socialism for X, capitalism for Y" is a pretty common template that people use in the exact way as your blog post, even if it doesn't exactly fit the dictionary definition of either word.

Rules for thee, not for me is the generic version.

"Regulations when I buy, free market when I sell"

Just doesn't have the same oomph to it as your wording

Haha, yes!

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