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I don't think that's what "too big to fail" means. It doesn't mean that you are so big that failing is impossible, it's that you are so big that if you fail you
by x1798DE 10y ago
I don't think that's what "too big to fail" means. It doesn't mean that you are so big that failing is impossible, it's that you are so big that if you fail you'll take the whole industry with you, thus it's politically untenable to allow you to fail. (Mind you I don't subscribe to the view that these things should be bailed out, I'm just explaining the phrase.) I don't think Facebook fits in that category.
- Spooky23 10y agoFacebook has billions of users. It's pretty difficult to alienate all of them.