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Some day, some wizened legal types will prepare their cases as these bubbles take shape. Instead of waiting for a warmed over post-mortem, long after the bubbl

Some day, some wizened legal types will prepare their cases as these bubbles take shape. Instead of waiting for a warmed over post-mortem, long after the bubble pops, before even considering their options. It's a bubble. Of course there's malfeasance, lies, corruption, etc. Assume criminality. These endless boom-bust cycles will continue unabated until there's credible threats of doing some hard time.

bawolff 1y ago
> It's a bubble. Of course there's malfeasance, lies, corruption, etc. Assume criminality. Fun fact, we live in a society with rule of law. You can't just assume criminality because you don't like something, you have to actually prove it.
- scarface_74 1y ago
  We do? Have you been reading the news where the President is firing AGs who won’t go after his enemies and firing FBI agents who didn’t agree to perp walk his enemy? Not to mention he just pardoned 1500 domestic terrorists in January. Public companies are outright bribing the President to get mergers passed (Paramount) and the entire confiscating TikTok to give it to his buddy at Oracle on the cheap can’t be ignored. On the federal level, there really isn’t any legal standard anymore.
  - bloomingeek 1y ago
    This is the shameful truth! Who knows what the consequences will be in the future...why? Because the corruption is so widespread, it's almost impossible to track it all. Deflection is the order of the day and the press is too scared/corrupt to report almost anything for fear of being sued by the current administration, which SCOTUS has basically capitulated to almost everything the pres wants.
- gtsop 1y ago
  "The rule of law" is the rule of the economic elites over the weak plebs. The "rule" is formed, shaped and ignored so they can have their way. Anything goes when you operate on the upper levels, we are not naive kids.
- specialist 1y ago
  Which bubbles have been free of criminality? A cynic, though certainly not me, would argue that "bubble" is an euphemism for fraud.
  - bawolff 1y ago
    Which non-bubble period of time has been crime free? Its very unclear to me if there is actually more crime during bubbles or if people want someone to blame so the powers that be investigate harder until they find someone.
    - specialist 1y ago
      What measure of proof do you require?

bawolff 1y ago

> It's a bubble. Of course there's malfeasance, lies, corruption, etc. Assume criminality. Fun fact, we live in a society with rule of law. You can't just assume criminality because you don't like something, you have to actually prove it.

scarface_74 1y ago
We do? Have you been reading the news where the President is firing AGs who won’t go after his enemies and firing FBI agents who didn’t agree to perp walk his enemy? Not to mention he just pardoned 1500 domestic terrorists in January. Public companies are outright bribing the President to get mergers passed (Paramount) and the entire confiscating TikTok to give it to his buddy at Oracle on the cheap can’t be ignored. On the federal level, there really isn’t any legal standard anymore.
- bloomingeek 1y ago
  This is the shameful truth! Who knows what the consequences will be in the future...why? Because the corruption is so widespread, it's almost impossible to track it all. Deflection is the order of the day and the press is too scared/corrupt to report almost anything for fear of being sued by the current administration, which SCOTUS has basically capitulated to almost everything the pres wants.
gtsop 1y ago
"The rule of law" is the rule of the economic elites over the weak plebs. The "rule" is formed, shaped and ignored so they can have their way. Anything goes when you operate on the upper levels, we are not naive kids.
specialist 1y ago
Which bubbles have been free of criminality? A cynic, though certainly not me, would argue that "bubble" is an euphemism for fraud.
- bawolff 1y ago
  Which non-bubble period of time has been crime free? Its very unclear to me if there is actually more crime during bubbles or if people want someone to blame so the powers that be investigate harder until they find someone.
  - specialist 1y ago
    What measure of proof do you require?