• magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    That one was more complex. Lehman brothers didn’t publicly tell everybody that they were going to do a bad thing, then proceed to do the bad thing despite everyone telling them it’s a very bad idea, and then everything turns into shit just like everyone had predicted.

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      2 months ago

      True, but then it also could’ve been mitigated better after shit hit the fan.

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        2 months ago

        Also, if we had imprisoned everyone involved and seized all their assets Donald Trump probably doesn’t win in 2016

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          2 months ago

          Yeah I think you’re right, a lot of average people wouldn’t be as anti establishment and easily pursuaded by demogoges if they’d taken care of the general population after 2008 instead of the banks…