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> And after the 2008 bailouts it became pretty clear that there are different rules for different people and it's ok to lie to people if you are just brazen eno
by checkyoursudo 4y ago
> And after the 2008 bailouts it became pretty clear that there are different rules for different people and it's ok to lie to people if you are just brazen enough.
Sadly, I think this has been merely a general rule that each generation must learn for itself. It was pretty clear before 2008 as well.
Every ancient civilization has some sort of trickster god, after all.
- rqtwteye 4y agoI used to be a free market guy. 2008 definitely broke something in me. Suddenly it was clear that the preachers on Wall Street that talked about “creative destruction” didn’t like that concept as much anymore when it came to them. And then I realized that the Fed and both parties only worried about the bankers and gave a sh.t about the little guy. COVID was the same. Rich got richer, poor got poorer. And inflation was blamed on the subsidies for the little guys but not on the massive money printing for the big guys. We are led by sociopaths .