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> Everyone still owns the same stocks, in the aggregate, and no actual material property is lost. Just the valuation changes. But the valuation is the number t
by esoterica 6y ago
> Everyone still owns the same stocks, in the aggregate, and no actual material property is lost. Just the valuation changes.
But the valuation is the number that actually matters, not the number of stocks you own. You can't buy food with stocks, you have to exchange them for money first. If the price of stocks goes down then you own less real value.
- fallingfrog 6y agoRight but just as the total number of outstanding stocks remains the same, so does the total number of outstanding dollars. Both the total stocks and the total dollars remain unchanged, they just changed hands. For every loser of money, there is also a winner. Just because you paid too much does not mean that the federal government should come running to bail you out. In the aggregate, nothing is created or destroyed except for illusions.